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com Pakistan Army violates ceasefire for third consecutive day along LoC in Akhnoor, Sunderbani The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire for the third consecutive day by shelling forward areas and posts

year. "There was continuous ceasefire violation as the Pakistani troops resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in Akhnoor sector in Jammu district Tuesday," the officials At 10.

animals were rescued from their vehicles, police said Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir Information Department went on a strike Tuesday, demanding revocation of the suspension order of an assistant information Court awards 10 year imprisonment to PoK National In a much

Army Commander visits forward posts in Siachen Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commandingin-Chief, Northern Command visited forward posts in Siachen Glacier today and reviewed operational

He Undertrial escapes from Srinagar court complex An undertrial, accused in a militancy related case, managed to escape from police custody when he was brought to the district court complex here by

1 Not attached to power despite being in it: UP CM Yogi UK Speaker rules out 3rd vote on PM May's Brexit deal Arjun should find reason to wake up every morning and chase his dreams.. JAMMU, WEDNESDAY MARCH 20,2019 VOL. 34 NO. 78 REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 gofpress@gmail.com Pakistan Army violates ceasefire for third consecutive day along LoC in Akhnoor, Sunderbani The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire for the third consecutive day by shelling forward areas and posts along the LoC with mortar bombs in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor and Sunderbani sectors Tuesday, officials Pakistani troops have violated ceasefire over 110 times along the Line of Control (LoC) this year. "There was continuous ceasefire violation as the Pakistani troops resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in Akhnoor sector in Jammu district Tuesday," the officials At pm Monday, the Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation 2 cattle smugglers arrested in Kathua Two alleged cattle smugglers were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district and 16 animals were rescued from their vehicles, police said Tuesday. The two vehicles carrying the cattle were intercepted in Chadwal area on Monday, J-K Information Dept employees go on strike demanding revocation of officer's suspension Non-gazetted employees of the Jammu and Kashmir Information Department went on a strike Tuesday, demanding revocation of the suspension order of an assistant information Court awards 10 year imprisonment to PoK National In a much publicized Janipur Militant Attack case, Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Vinod Chatterji Koul today awarded 10 years imprisonment and fine Rs 20,000 to Zaffer IqbaL alias Umar alias Abdul Northern Army Commander visits forward posts in Siachen Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commandingin-Chief, Northern Command visited forward posts in Siachen Glacier today and reviewed operational preparedness being maintained in the sector. He Undertrial escapes from Srinagar court complex An undertrial, accused in a militancy related case, managed to escape from police custody when he was brought to the district court complex here by resorting to shelling with mortar bombs and firing of small arms along the LoC in Akhnoor and Sunderbani Sectors, a defence spokesman The Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively, he said, adding that the firing NC fields retired HC judge Hasnain Masoodi from Anantnag The National Conference (NC) has fielded former Jammu and Kashmir High Court judge Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi, known for his landmark judgement on Article 370, from the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. The 65-year-old former judge, who retired from the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in January 2016, is currently serving as the chairman of Selection-cum- Oversight Committee under the Juvenile Justice Act. "The party has decided to field Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi from the Anantnag-Pulwama Anticorruption Court directs ACB to register FIR against encroachers Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu YP Bourney today directed Anticorruption Bureau to register FIR against encroachers of Nallah. This significant order has been passed in an application filed by Dy S P Shashi Thakur. Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu YP Bourney after hearing Adv DS Parihar for the applicant whereas CPO for the Anticorruption Bureau observed The Indo-Pak tensions following the Pulwama terror attack became the focal point of the first strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China as Beijing urged the global community to take a "fair perspective" of Islamabad's commitment to fight terrorism. Pakistan is facing intense international pressure to rein in the terror groups operating from its soil in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack by a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber on February 14 that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. JeM is one of the terror groups operating from continued till Tuesday morning. On Monday, an Army jawan was killed and four others were injured when the Pakistan Army violated ceasefire, resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing along the LoC in Rajouri district. "In the incident, rifleman Karamjeet Singh was critically injured and later succumbed to injuries," the spokesman said, adding that four other soldiers were injured and condition of two of them was stated to be critical. As per the officials, the causality was caused in the A 28-year-old school teacher, who was arrested in connection with a terror case, died in police custody here, triggering protests at his town in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday, police The state government has ordered a magisterial inquiry to ascertain the cause and circumstances that led to Rizwan Pandit's death, they Pandit a resident of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, died during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a senior police officer He was a teacher at a private Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Keri Battal forward area in the Sunderbani sector. On Sunday too, the sector was targeted by the Pakistan Army in unprovoked ceasefire violation. The border skirmishes witnessed a spurt after School teacher, arrested in terror case, dies in custody school and was picked up by security agencies three days ago in connection with a terror case, the officer The civil administration, following a request by the police department, has ordered a magisterial inquiry under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to ascertain the cause and circumstances leading to Pandit's death, the officer The CrPC section pertains to inquiry by a magistrate into cause of death, including when any person dies while in the custody of police. A police spokesman said a separate investigation has also been ordered into the incident. In Awantipora, clashes broke out as soon as 16-year-old from Kashmir gets Shaurya Chakra for fighting militants who attacked his house In one of the rare occasions, President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday awarded Shaurya Chakra to 16- year-old Irfan Ramzan Sheikh for fighting militants who attacked his residence in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. Shaurya Chakra is usually awarded to armed forces and para-military personnel for "gallantry otherwise in the face of the enemy". During the intervening night of October of 2017, militants cordoned off the house of Sheikh. His father Mohammad Ramzan was an ex-sarpanch with affiliations to the People's Pakistan. The meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi came days after Beijing foiled for the fourth time the efforts to designate JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council. Heaping praise on Pakistan's counter terrorism efforts, Wang said, "China commends Pakistan's recent strong counter terrorism measures taken at home. We fully support Pakistan in carrying out its counter terrorism campaign." "We also discussed the situation emerging out of the Pulwama incident," Qureshi said during a joint press conference where both sides took Democratic Party (PDP). When Sheikh, the eldest son of Mohammad Ramzan, opened the door, he found three militants in the verandah of the house armed with rifles and grenades. "Sensing that the militants could harm his family, he exhibited highest degree two selective questions. References to the involvement of JeM in the Pulwama attack as well as China blocking the US, UK and France proposal to list Azhar as global terrorist by the UNSC were conspicuously absent in their press interaction. "As Wang was suggesting both sides have to show restraint. I think the world has noted that Pakistan did exercise restraint and responsibility," Qureshi He also said Pakistan is always ready for an engagement to "resolve all our outstanding issues." "We did discuss the impact this (Pulwama) incident had on Pakistan-India relations and the impact this could have risen to different level of escalation and impact of courage and faced the militants for sometime so as to avoid their entry inside the house. In meantime, his father came out and the militants pounced on him, resulting in scuffle," the citation for the award read. Sheikh did not think for it could have had on the peace and stability of the region," he "I briefed Wang about steps Pakistan had taken to safeguard our territorial integrity and the steps we had taken to de-escalate (tensions with India). Pakistan appreciates the role China had played once again in standing by Pakistan in these difficult times," he Qureshi also raked up the Kashmir issue at the press conference saying that he also briefed Wang "on the rapidly deteriorating situation" in Kashmir. He said the reaction at times creates tension in the region and it must be avoided. In his comments, Wang said China and Pakistan have ED attaches 13 assets in J-K in terror funding probe against Pak-based terrorist Salahuddin The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday said it has attached over a dozen assets in Jammu and Kashmir in a terror financing case against Pakistan-based terrorist and chief of the globally banned Hizbul Mujahideen, Syed Salahuddin. The central probe agency issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach 13 properties, worth Rs 1.22 crore, in the state. The ED said the properties belonged to Mohammad Shafi Shah, a resident of Bandipora, and six other residents of Jammu and Kashmir, who allegedly worked for the terror outfit. The agency said it filed a criminal case of money laundering in this instance after taking cognisance of a National In a move to aid the real estate sector, the all-powerful GST Council Tuesday approved a transition plan for the implementation of new tax structure for housing projects. As per the decision taken by the GST Council, the developers of residential projects which are incomplete as on March 31, will have option either to choose the old structure with Input Tax Credit (ITC) or to shift to new 5 agreed to step up counter terrorism cooperation. "We call on the international community to adopt a fair perspective of the commitments made by Pakistan to combat terrorism over the years. We think a peaceful and stable South Asia is in the common interest of the regional countries and meets the expectations of the world and China," he "China commends efforts made by Pakistan to ease the situation. We call on both Pakistan and India to exercise restraint and peacefully resolve their differences through dialogue. The purpose UN charter and norms of the international law must be observed in earnest," he Tensions between India Investigating Agency (NIA) charge sheet filed against Salahuddin, Shah and others under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Action (UAPA) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code. "Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, the most active terror outfit in Kashmir, has been responsible for funding terrorist and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. "Headed by Syed Salahuddin, its self-styled commander based out of Rawalpindi in Pakistan, it funds terrorism on Indian soil through monies organised by a trust called JKART (Jammu and Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust) in alleged connivance with the ISI and other Pakistan-based entities," the ED said in a statement. It said the probe found that "terror funds" were being sent to India GST Council approves transition plan for new tax rate for housing sector per cent and 1 per cent rates without ITC. In the previous meeting on February 24, the Council slashed tax rates for under-construction flats to 5 per cent from 12 per cent and affordable homes to 1 per cent from 8 per cent, effective April 1. "GST Council today has approved transition plan for the new rate structure for real estate residential projects...from April 1, builders have to choose either of the options for which they will India hasn't forgotten, will not forget Pulwama terror attack: NSA Doval India has neither forgotten nor will forget the Pulwama terror attack and the country's leadership is "capable and courageous" to mete out effective responses to such acts, NSA Ajit Doval said Tuesday. Speaking for the first time about the attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed on February 14 in Jammu and Kashmir, the national security advisor (NSA) asked the paramilitary force to "constantly" enhance their professionalism, training, physical capabilities and quick response skills. "What should we do? What should be our way, our aim and our response and time to respond? The country's leadership is both capable and courageous to (do) that," Doval "The country will tackle all such challenges and we have the courage to do this," Indo-Pak tensions dominates first strategic dialogue between China, Pak and Pakistan flared up after the Pulwama attack. Amid mounting outrage, the Indian Air Force carried out a counter-terror operation, hitting what it said was a JeM training camp in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan on February 26. The next day, Pakistan Air Force retaliated and downed a MiG-21 in an aerial combat and captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, who was handed over to India later. China early this month rushed its Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou to Pakistan to discuss the Indo- Pak tensions, as it called for the creation of an "enabling atmosphere" for its close ally Pakistan to cooperate with "other parties".

2 CHOUBARSI Choubarsi of our beloved Late Smt Ram Pyari W/o Sh Shankar Lal Malgotra will be performed on Wednesday 20th March 2019 at our residence W.No. 16, Sallain Talab Venus Chowk Udhampur at 12.

Sh Shankar Lal Malgotra - Husband Sons & Daughters-in-Law Bodh Raj Gupta & Renu Gupta Vipan Kumar & Pooja Gupta Daughters & Sons-in-Law Kanta & Suresh Pachyala Kamla & Kulbushan Jandial Pinky &

No 85 Lane No 4, Arjun Vihar Kunjwani Jammu on Wednesday 20th March 2019 at 11.00 am.

Bali W/o Lt Dr N P Bali Smt Asha Chibber W/o Lt Sh K K Chibber Sons & Daughter-in-law Sh Pawan Dutta (Chand) & Smt Neeru Dutta Mr Raman Dutta Nephews Col.

Amit Bali & Smt Simran Bali Grand Children: Sidharth Dutta, Gouri Dutta, Kamakshi Mehta, Nandish Dutta Mob: 9419221728, 9930330726, 9419141340 UTHALA With profound grief and sorrow we inform the sad

UTHALA will be performed on 20th March, 2019 (Wednesday) from 2-3 pm at Jandial Bhawan, Main Bazar, Hiranagar IN GRIEF Daughter and Son-in-law Neelam Abrol and Er. Ashok Abrol Anju Verma and Dr.

Soom Nath Bhat (Petition Writer) Son of Late Smt. & Late Sh. Sri Kanth Bhat of Devsar, Kulgam (Kmr.), presently at H.No.16, Lane No.

30 AM at Akhnoor Ghat and Assembly will be held at 11.00 AM at Muthi Ghat, Near Directorate of Education Office, Muthi, Jammu. GRIEF STICKENS: Smt. Raj Dulari Bhat Wife Smt. & Sh.

Shri Gopi Nath Bhat Brother Smt. Phoola Ji Bhat - Bhabi Smt. & Sh. Maharaj Krishan Bhat Brother & Bhabi Smt. & Sh. Dwarika Nath Bhat Brother & Bhabi. Contact Nos.

AEE) S/o Lt Sh Nanak Chand Samnotra originally from Chohatta Mohalla Samba, presently at 20/B, Friends Colony, Akhnoor Road, Jammu Opp. Ist B.S.F Bridge on 11th of March 2019.

Anuradha Sharma -Wife (KV Teacher) Smt Santosh Sharma -Mother-in-law Sh Bishan Dutt Sharma -Mama Ji Brothers & Bhabhies Thoru Ram Sharma & Santosh Sharma Sunil Kumar & Prem Lata Chander Mohan &

Sharma Janeshwar Sharma, Hriydesh, Bhargav, Rajat Sharma, Akhil Sharma Contact No: 9419289213, 9906170363 Smt Ram Pyari Divya, Kavya, Hardik, Partik, Vijay, Arti, Karan, Jyoti, Arjun & Dyuti - Grand

Sanjay Saraf (AEA Agriculture Department) and Roopali Saraf (Education Department) Sh. Vivek Anand and Akanksha Grand Daughter and Son-in-law Malvika Chopra and Er.

Bharat Goldsmith (Upper Main Bazar, Hiranagar) Mob. 9419102991, 9419249592, 9419821141 Sh.

Barkhi of our beloved father Late Sh. Bodh Raj Sawhney (Bhatyari Wale) will be performed at our residence Vill. Korga, Jandrah on 20th March, 2019 at 11.00 AM onwards. DEEPLY MISSED BY:- Smt.

Sarpanch) Sons & Daughters-in-law Smt. Rakhi & Sh. Rajinder Sawhney (Raju) Smt. Sweety & Sanjeev Sawhney (Sanju) Smt. Sheetal & Sudesh Sawhney (Sonu) Smt.

Loveleen Bahl W/o Sh. Bal Krishan Bahl R/o 101 Sec 6 Channi Himmat, Near Green Belt Park Jammu on 17th March 2019. UTHALA will be performed at Panch Mandir Channi Himmat Jammu from 4.00 PM to 5.

Mohini Dhar W/o Sh. B.L. Dhar, R/o 71/4, Gole Pulli, Talab Tillo, Jammu presently at F-370, Nanakpura, South Moti Bagh,New Delhi who left for heavenly abode on 11.03.2019.

Dhar (Husband) Ramesh and Meenakshi (Son & Daughter-in-law) Sunita and Ashok -(Daughter & Son-in-law) Ravi and Poonam -(Son & Daughter-in-law) SAMAST DHAR & KOUL PARIVAR 9877935602, 9818344906,

left her mortal frame on 14th March 2019 at 4.40 AM at Vaishali. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 22nd March 2019 (Friday) at Ganga Nehar Chotta Haridwar, Muradnagar (Ghaziabad).

2 2 CHOUBARSI Choubarsi of our beloved Late Smt Ram Pyari W/o Sh Shankar Lal Malgotra will be performed on Wednesday 20th March 2019 at our residence W.No. 16, Sallain Talab Venus Chowk Udhampur at Noon. Sh Shankar Lal Malgotra - Husband Sons & Daughters-in-Law Bodh Raj Gupta & Renu Gupta Vipan Kumar & Pooja Gupta Daughters & Sons-in-Law Kanta & Suresh Pachyala Kamla & Kulbushan Jandial Pinky & Sudarshan Baria Anu & Gopal Kalsotra BARKHI Barkhi of our beloved Bk. Ashok Dutta S/o Late Bk Nounhal Dutta & Lt. Smt Vidya Dutta R/o H.No 85 Lane No 4, Arjun Vihar Kunjwani Jammu on Wednesday 20th March 2019 at am. Smt Radha Dutta -Wife Daughter & Son-in-law Mrs Mukta Mehta & Mr Balram Krishan Mehta Brother & Bhabhi Lt Bk Vinod Dutta & Smt Kamla Dutta Bk Kishore Dutta -Brother Sisters & Brothers-in-law Smt Prem Bali W/o Lt Dr N P Bali Smt Asha Chibber W/o Lt Sh K K Chibber Sons & Daughter-in-law Sh Pawan Dutta (Chand) & Smt Neeru Dutta Mr Raman Dutta Nephews Col. Dushyant Bali & Dr Ritu Bali Sh Rajeev Dutta & Smt Savita Dutta Insp. Amit Bali & Smt Simran Bali Grand Children: Sidharth Dutta, Gouri Dutta, Kamakshi Mehta, Nandish Dutta Mob: , , UTHALA With profound grief and sorrow we inform the sad demise of our mother Smt. Darshna Devi W/o Late Sh. Dev Raj Saraf R/o Ward No. 12, Hiranagar, Kathua who left for heavenly abode on Friday, 8th March UTHALA will be performed on 20th March, 2019 (Wednesday) from 2-3 pm at Jandial Bhawan, Main Bazar, Hiranagar IN GRIEF Daughter and Son-in-law Neelam Abrol and Er. Ashok Abrol Anju Verma and Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Verma Sons and Daughters-in-law Sh. Sunil Kumar (Bobby) and Sonia 10TH DAY KRIYA With profound grief & sorrow we inform about the sad and untimely demise of Sh. Soom Nath Bhat (Petition Writer) Son of Late Smt. & Late Sh. Sri Kanth Bhat of Devsar, Kulgam (Kmr.), presently at H.No.16, Lane No. 1/A Sai Vihar, Tomal (Anand Nagar) Bohri, Jammu who left heavenly abode on Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on (Wednesday) at AM at Akhnoor Ghat and Assembly will be held at AM at Muthi Ghat, Near Directorate of Education Office, Muthi, Jammu. GRIEF STICKENS: Smt. Raj Dulari Bhat Wife Smt. & Sh. Ashok Kumar Bhat Son and Daughter in-law Shri Susheel Kumar Bhat Son Smt. & Sh. Pamposh Kumar Bhat Son and Daughter-in-law Smt. Nishu & Shri Vikas Ji Daughter & Son-in-law. Shri Gopi Nath Bhat Brother Smt. Phoola Ji Bhat - Bhabi Smt. & Sh. Maharaj Krishan Bhat Brother & Bhabi Smt. & Sh. Dwarika Nath Bhat Brother & Bhabi. Contact Nos , TH DAY/KRIYA With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved brother Sh Shiv Kumar Sharma (Retd. AEE) S/o Lt Sh Nanak Chand Samnotra originally from Chohatta Mohalla Samba, presently at 20/B, Friends Colony, Akhnoor Road, Jammu Opp. Ist B.S.F Bridge on 11th of March The 10th Day will be performed on 20th March 2019 at AM and Kriya will be performed on 21st of March 2019 at our residence. Anuradha Sharma -Wife (KV Teacher) Smt Santosh Sharma -Mother-in-law Sh Bishan Dutt Sharma -Mama Ji Brothers & Bhabhies Thoru Ram Sharma & Santosh Sharma Sunil Kumar & Prem Lata Chander Mohan & Sunanda Sisters & Brothers-in-law Chanchal Sharma & Omkar Padha Reeta Sharma & Rampaul Sharma Neelam Sharma & Romesh Chander Mohini Sharma & Subash Sharma Shallu & Pawan Sharma Meenu & Davinder Sharma Janeshwar Sharma, Hriydesh, Bhargav, Rajat Sharma, Akhil Sharma Contact No: , Smt Ram Pyari Divya, Kavya, Hardik, Partik, Vijay, Arti, Karan, Jyoti, Arjun & Dyuti - Grand Children M/s Vipan Brother s Dhar Road, Venus Chowk Udhampur Mob: , Bk. Ashok Dutta Smt. Darshna Devi Sh. Sanjay Saraf (AEA Agriculture Department) and Roopali Saraf (Education Department) Sh. Vivek Anand and Akanksha Grand Daughter and Son-in-law Malvika Chopra and Er. Sunny Chopra Grand children: Nikita, Raghav, Harsha, Ishan, Shreya, Anmol, Ketan, Dhairyya, Kritigya, Aadya and Shreenika Great Grand Son: Daksh M/s Sunil Kumar Goldsmith (Main Bazar, Hiranagar) Jai Bharat Goldsmith (Upper Main Bazar, Hiranagar) Mob , , Sh. Soom Nath Bhat Sh Shiv Kumar Sharma BARKHI One year have passed since you left us for heavenly abode your physical presence may not be there but remembrance will remain in our hearts & mind. Barkhi of our beloved father Late Sh. Bodh Raj Sawhney (Bhatyari Wale) will be performed at our residence Vill. Korga, Jandrah on 20th March, 2019 at AM onwards. DEEPLY MISSED BY:- Smt. Kamala Sawhney - Wife Smt. Lalita W/o Late Sh. T.C. Sawhney - Bhabhi Brothers & Bhabis Smt. Gayatri & Sh. Shanker Dass Sawhney Smt. Neelam & Sh. Mohan Lal Sawhney (Ex. Sarpanch) Sons & Daughters-in-law Smt. Rakhi & Sh. Rajinder Sawhney (Raju) Smt. Sweety & Sanjeev Sawhney (Sanju) Smt. Sheetal & Sudesh Sawhney (Sonu) Smt. Anita & Rajinder Verma - Daughter & Son-in-law ( , , ) UTHALA With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to inform the sad demise of our beloved Mother Smt. Loveleen Bahl W/o Sh. Bal Krishan Bahl R/o 101 Sec 6 Channi Himmat, Near Green Belt Park Jammu on 17th March UTHALA will be performed at Panch Mandir Channi Himmat Jammu from 4.00 PM to 5.00 PM on Wednesday 20th March Bal Krishan Bahl (Husband) Aditi and Hitesh Bahl (Daughter-in-Law & Son) OBITUARY With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Smt. Mohini Dhar W/o Sh. B.L. Dhar, R/o 71/4, Gole Pulli, Talab Tillo, Jammu presently at F-370, Nanakpura, South Moti Bagh,New Delhi who left for heavenly abode on TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed on 20/03/2019 at Rohini Sector-18 Ghat (near DTC bus depot), at 9 A.M. : Sh. B.L. Dhar (Husband) Ramesh and Meenakshi (Son & Daughter-in-law) Sunita and Ashok -(Daughter & Son-in-law) Ravi and Poonam -(Son & Daughter-in-law) SAMAST DHAR & KOUL PARIVAR , , OBITUARY With grief and sorrow, we inform that our beloved sister Smt Ratni Razdan D/o Late Smt Leelavati and Late Shri Badri Nath Jotshi originally resident of But-Bul Lanker Srinagar left her mortal frame on 14th March 2019 at 4.40 AM at Vaishali. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 22nd March 2019 (Friday) at Ganga Nehar Chotta Haridwar, Muradnagar (Ghaziabad). Mourning From Maliyun Side is being performed jointly at 405 Prangan Tower, Pocket 10, Ramprastha Greens, Vaishali, Ghaziabad Brother & Sister-in-law Ram Krishen & Raj Kiran Jotshi And Samast Jotshi Pariwar Mob No Obituary Sh. Bodh Raj Sawhney Smt. Loveleen Bahl Diksha Bhatia and Raj Bhatia - (Daughter and Son-in-Law) Geeta and Tarun Bahl (Daughter-in-Law & Son) Grand Children: Aditya, Shreya, Vishnoo, Aryan, Sidhi, Raghav , TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALA With profound grief and sorrow, we inform you that sad demise of Smt. Satya Devi W/o Late Sh. Rattan Lal R/o H. No. 113 Bhawani Nagar Lane No. 10, Janipur Jammu. 10TH DAY will be performed on (Wednesday) at Shiv Mandir Opp. Govt. Quarter Janipur at A.M. KRIYA will be performed on Thursday at our R/o P.M. (Noon). UTHALA (Friday) will be performed at Shiv Mandir Opp. Govt. Quarter at 5.00 P.M. Mr & Mrs-Rohit Kumar & Ritu-Son & Daughter-in-law Smt. Satya Devi Mr & Mrs Pooja & Rakesh Kumar-Son & Daughter-in-law Mr & Mrs Rohini & Romesh Kumar-Daughter & Son-in-law Mr & Mrs Anjali & Rakesh Kumar-Daughter & Son-in-law M. No: , TH DAY With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Sh. Kasturi Lal Gandotra (Retd. Chief Accounts Officer) on TH DAY will be performed on Wednesday at Shiv Mandir Sector 5, Trikuta Nagar Jammu at 11 AM. Smt. Shoba Gandotra-Wife Daughter-in-law & Son Smt. Manisha & Dheeraj Gandotra Daughter & Son-in-law Smt. Deepali & Sanjeev Puri Bhabhies & Brothers Smt. Aruna & Surinder Mohan Gandotra Smt. Davindra & Raj Kumar Gandotra Smt. Tripta Wd/o Late Sh. Radha Krishan Gandotra Smt. Shashi Wd/o Late Sh. Kewal Gandotra Smt. Prabha & Ashok Gandotra Smt. Kanta & Vijay Pandoh-Sister & Brother-in-law Mannat, Pragun, Krishita & Minal-Grand Children M.G. TRADERS YARN STEEL WORKS , Sh. Kasturi Lal Gandotra Smt. Mohini Dhar Smt Ratni Razdan KRIYA/UTHALA With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of our beloved father Late Sh. Yash Paul Sharma S/o Late Sh. Ram Ditta & Late Smt. Raj Devi R/o 8, Upper Laxmi Nagar Sarwal Jammu who left for heavenly abode on KRIYA will be performed at our residence on (Wednesday). UTHALA will be performed at Hari Mandir Rehari Colony on (Friday) at 5.00 P.M. (4 P.M. to 5 P.M.) Smt. Radha Sharma-Wife Sh. Madan Lal Sharma-Brother Smt. Satya Devi W/o Late Sh. Chunni Lal Sharma- Sister-in-law Smt. & Sh. Sonia Sharma & Sumit Prashar- Daughter & Son-in-law Mr Vishal Sharma-Son Smt. & Sh. Bimla Devi & Tilak Raj Sharma- Sister & Brother-in-law Sh. Anil Sharma & Sunil Sharma-Nephew Cells: , , , , MASWAR/VAHARWAR Since your departure from this world, our life has ceased to have any significance. For the last one year, we have been discussing your concern for the welfare of others, your compassion, your hospitality, human warmth, your love and affection and sage advice. We are all immersed in grief and sorrow, striving hard to live without you. Maswar and Vaharwar of our dear Santosh Dhar Bhat, D/o Late Shrimati Nirmala (Rupa Ji) Dhar and Shri Somnath Dhar of 78, Malik Bagh, Zaindar Mohallah, Habba Kadal Srinagar and wife of Shri Roop Krishen Bhat S/o Late Shrimati Shobhawati and Late Shri Janki Nath Bhat of Hawl Pulwama will be performed on Thursday, 21st March and Friday 22nd March, 2019 at her residence, 9-C, Mohinder Nagar, Extension, Opposite Canal Power House, Jammu. Bhat, Dhar & Tickoo Parivars Mob: , Tel OBITUARY With profound grief & sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Sh Pran Nath Karwani S/o Late Sh Sarvanand Karwani originally resident of Rangteng, Ali Kadal, Srinagar, Kashmir at present H.No A, Colonel s Colony, Bohri, Talab Tillo, Jammu. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed at Akhnoor Ghat on 21st March 2018 (Thursday) to be followed by Assembly at Muthi Ghat (near Directorate of School Education, Jammu) at am. Smt Khema Karwani - Wife Smt Nancy & Sh B L Karwani - Brother & Bhabi Sisters & Brothers-in-Law Smt Khem Lata Koul W/o Lt Sh S K Koul Smt Meenakshi & Sh O N Koul Sons & Daughters-in-Law Smt Anamika & Dr Arvind Karwani Smt Supriya & Sh Amit Karwani Amodhini, Aditya, Anan & Saima - Grand Children Sh Pran Nath Karwani Grief Stricken: Samast Karwani s Parivar, Muthoo s, Koul s, Tamiri s, Dulloo s & Modi s Mob: (Dr Arvind Karwani), (Amit Karwani) 10TH DAY With profound grief & sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Sh Davinder Kumar Sharma S/o Late Sh Balkrishan Sharma R/o Udrana Bhadarwah, who left us for heavenly abode on March 10,2019. Tenth Day will be performed on Tuesday 19th March 2019 at Spring Place (Nagru) Udrana Bhadarwah at 9 am. Kriya shall be performed on Wednesday 20th March 2019 at our residence. Smt Rita Sharma -Wife Vishal & Vipul -Son Smt Utra & Sh B.N Peer -Sister & Brother-in-law Smt Bimla & Sh Hari Parkash Sharma - Mother-in-law & Father-in-law Mob.No , , Sh. Yash Paul Sharma Santosh Dhar Bhat CHOUBARSI Choubarsi of our beloved Late Srinivas Khajuria S/o Late Vishwa Nath Shastri R/o House No. 94 Sector-I, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu will be performed on Wednesday at 12:00 PM at our residence. DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY Padma Khajuria- Wife Daughter-in-laws & Sons Smt. Sunita and Udey Khajuria Smt. Anjali and Ajay Khajuria Smt Mini and Baldev Sharma - Daughter & Son-in-law Smt. Krishna W/o Late Govind Ram Shastri - Bhabhi Smt. Madhu & Gauri Shanker Khajuria - Bhabhi and Brother Smt Anand & Sagar Chand - Sister and Brother-in-law Grand Children : Pavel, Abir, Avisha, Adit, Avina, Anvi, Avi Ph: Mob: Srinivas Khajuria FIFTH DAY WITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SORROW, WE REGRET TO IN- FORM THE SAD DEMISE OF OUR BELOVED BUA JI SMT AMAR DEVI W/O LATE SH GARIB DAS, JAMMU. 5TH DAY WILL BE PERFORMED ON 20TH MARCH 2019 (WEDNES- DAY) AT LAKSHMI NARAYAN MANDIR SARAJAN DHAKKI, JAM- MU AT 11 AM. Smt Suman Gupta W/o Sh Sudesh Gupta (Natha) Smt Shama Gupta W/o Sh Tilak Raj Gupta Smt Sarika Gupta W/o Sh Lakshmi Narian Gupta SMT AMAR DEVI M/s Sudesh Enterprises, Gali Dal Wali Kanak Mandi Jammu Mob. No Sh Davinder Kumar Sharma JAMMU wednesday MArch 20, 2019 KRIYA/UTHALA With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and sudden demise of our beloved Miss Ritu Sharma D/o Late Sh Vinod Sharma R/o 14- B Extension, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. 11th Day (Kriya) will be performed at our residence on (Wednesday) at am to onwards. 13th Day (Uthala) will be performed on (Friday) at Arya Samaj Mandir, Last Morh, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu from 4.00 pm to 5 pm. Sunita Sharma -Mother Ateet Sharma -Brother Neelam, Radhika -Sisters Sheetal Sharma & Manish Sharma -Sister and Jiju Rama Kumari -Chachi Ji Nitin and Nidhi -Cousin Contact No: , OBITUARY With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to inform the sad demise of our beloved father Sh. Makhan Lal Chowdhary at his residence Lane No.3-A, Buta Nagar, Paloura, Jammu on Tenth Day Kriya shall be performed on at Akhnoor Ghat and Assembly shall be held at our residence at 11 AM. Smt. Raj Chowdhary - Wife Sister-in-law & Brother-in-law Mrs. & B.L Budki Daughter-in-law Mrs. Purnima Chowdhary W/o Lt. Sh. P.K Chowdhary Daughters-in-law & Sons Sunita & B.B. Chowdhary Kalpana & Anil Chowdhary Neelam & Vijay Trisal - Daughter & Son-in-law Anju & V.K Bhat - Daughter & Son-in-law Grand Children: Ruchi & Vikas, Isha & Avinash, Aniesh & Monica, Sheena & Sunil, Manav, Bhavuk, Vibhuti, Diksha And Samast Parivars of Budkis, Trisals, Bhats, Peshins, Tickoos, Panditas, Zutshis 10TH DAY With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved father Sh. Kartar Chand Doffara S/o Sh Dheru Ram Doffara R/o 1/19 Main Road Rajpura Mangotrian, Jammu. TENTH DAY will be performed on at 12:00 Noon at Bawa Palace, Shakti Nagar, Jammu. Sh. Rakhpal Doffara- Son Sh. Surinder Kumar Doffara- Son DOFFARA FAMILY Phone: , TH DAY KRIYA With profound grief and great sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt. Vidya Devi W/o Late Sh. Tripta Singh R/o Gurha Slathia, Mohalla Krishna Nagar Distt. Samba. 10th Day Kriya will be performed on Friday at 11 AM. Sh. Sukdev Singh Slathia - Son Late Sh. Angrez Singh Slathia - Son Sh. Subash Singh Slathia - Son Sh. Suresh Singh Slathia - Son Smt. Shakuntla Devi - Daughter Smt. Sneh Lata Mankotia - Daughter Mob.No: , , Slathia Family OBITUARY With profound grief and sorrow we inform about the sad and untimely demise of our revered Smt. Santosh Pandita W/o Sh. Rattan Lal Pandita R/o Gairoo Noorpora Tral Bala Dilnag A/p H.No 239-A, Vinayak Nagar, Sect - 1, Muthi Jammu. She left for her heavenly abode on Tenth Day Kriya will be performed at Akhnoor Ghat and Assembly will be held at our residence on at pm. Rattan Lal Pandita - Husband Kamlawati - Mother-in-law Miss Ritu Sharma Sh. Makhan Lal Chowdhary Sh. Kartar Chand Doffara Smt. Vidya Devi Smt. Santosh Pandita Amit Pandita & Rekha Pandita - Son & Daughter-in-law Anupama Raina & Kuldeep Raina - Daughter & Son-in-law Pandita s, Raina s, Tickoo s, Kaul s, Zutshi s, Razdan s & Sharma s Contact No: , TH DAY KRIYA With profound grief and deep sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Karamyogi Shri Radha Krishan Bhat S/o Late Gashram Bhat of Wuyan, Pulwama Kashmir, at present H No. 418/A Vinayak Nagar Muthi, Jammu. MOURNING is being held at Geeta Bhawan, Muthi Jammu. 10TH DAY KRIYA will be performed on at Akhnoor. Post Kriya assembly would be held at Geeta Bhawan Muthi at 11:30 am. Smt. Roopa Wati Bhat (Wife) Shanta Bhat (Bhabi) Santosh Bhat (Daughter in Law) Son/Daughter-in-law Chuni Lal Bhat/Bimla Bhat Pyare Lal Bhat/Veena Bhat Kakaji Bhat/Kaki Bhat Ravi Ji Bhat/Asha Bhat Pran Nath Bhat (Son-in-law) Pinky Koul/ Pyare Lal Koul (Daughter/Son-in-law) GRAND CHILDRENS AND SAMAST BHAT PARIVAR Mob: , , , Shri Radha Krishan Bhat

3 LOCAL JAMMU,WEDNESDAY SATURDAY MARCH 16, 20, 2019 CPI(M) demands judicial enquiry into killing of Rizawan Pandit Demanding judicial enquiry into the alleged custodial killing of a 28-year-old

The custodial death of Rizwan Pandit must be investigated in a transparent and time bound manner and government must order a judicial enquiry into the incident immediately.

Custodial killing is a brutality and brutalities are unacceptable in whatever form they are.

Jammu, organized a Medical, Dental and Veterinary Camp at Ratnuchak. A large number of locals from the area including members of the Gujjar and Bakkarwal settlements availed the facilities.

people of the region a one point medical solution to their health requirements.

3 3 LOCAL JAMMU,WEDNESDAY SATURDAY MARCH 16, 20, 2019 CPI(M) demands judicial enquiry into killing of Rizawan Pandit Demanding judicial enquiry into the alleged custodial killing of a 28-year-old Awantipora school teacher, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Tuesday said no civilized society can tolerate such acts. The custodial death of Rizwan Pandit must be investigated in a transparent and time bound manner and government must order a judicial enquiry into the incident immediately. Custodial killing isn t acceptable to any human being and whosoever is involved Pandit s killing must be given exemplary punishment. Custodial killing is a brutality and brutalities are unacceptable in whatever form they are. Army Organises Medical, Dental And Veterinary Camp At Ratnuchak Military Station Indian Army's Sabre Brigade under Rising Star Corps, in close coordination with the Civil Administration of Samba and Jammu, organized a Medical, Dental and Veterinary Camp at Ratnuchak. A large number of locals from the area including members of the Gujjar and Bakkarwal settlements availed the facilities. The facility of doctors from Army and State Health Board including Dentist, Gynecologist, Medical specialist, Paediatrician, Ortho, ENT and Veterinary Officer made it a unique venture, providing the people of the region a one point medical solution to their health requirements. The camp provided quality diagnosis and treatment to the needy sections of the society and served to further strengthen the bond of AWAM and the JAWAN. The event was also used as a platform by the Army to spread awareness and also motivating the youth of the region to opt for a career in the Army. Wide publicity given to the camp ensured a large attendance wherein 363 men, 282 women, 128 children and 67 live stocks were treated. JKNPP holds protest outside CEO J&K Alleging politicization of bureaucracy in the state and open promotion of a particular political party by certain unscrupulous officers, a strong contingent of JKNPP led by Mr. Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and former Minister today held a massive demonstration outside the office of Chief Electoral Officer J&K. The angry protestors raised slogans against BJP for sheltering such officers and sought strict action against delinquent officers acting as political agents. Addressing media persons Mr. Harsh Dev re-iterated the demand for removal of biased and corrupt officers from sensitive postings. He said that placement of several such officers on prime positions during ensuing elections was highly unjust and capricious as they could influence the polls in a big way. He regretted that despite repeated complaints against some of such officers, the govt had failed to take action against them thereby revealing the vested interests of the helmsmen in giving them sensitive postings. He regretted non initiation of action for abuse of position and authority by reckless govt functionaries for furthering political prospects of their political masters. Asserting that the slogan of free and fair elections could not materialize under the motivated and prejudiced officers, Mr. Singh called for indulgence of ECI for shifting of such officers from prime positions besides initiation SMVDU, Jammu 19th March: One week Workshop on Pedagogy for teachers of university and colleges commenced at Faculty Development Centre (FDC), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra. The FDC is established under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PM- MMNMTT) scheme of Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. The Chief Guest, Prof. Lokesh Verma, Dept. of Education, Central University of Jammu along with the Coordinator FDC, SMVDU, Prof. D. Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty of Management, inaugurated the workshop by lighting the lamp. Prof. Verma emphasized on the changing role of the teacher in present scenario and urged upon a consolidated approach for effective teaching and learning. Prof. Mukhopadhyay detailed the vision of the FDC at SMVDU and informed that it was one of its kind in the state of J&K. Event Coordinator of the workshop, Dr. Ratna Chandra, Faculty, SMVDU welcomed and briefed the participants about the various programmes in the workshop and remarked on the expected outcomes of the workshop. Co- Coordinator of the Workshop Dr. Sharda, Associate Professor, School of Biotechnology extended the Vote of Thanks for the entire stakeholders involved in the Former Deputy Cheif Minister Kavinder Gupta said that the agenda of the BJP is to work for the welfare of the people. Interacting with Leaders of BJP in a meeting held at his residence which was attended by Former Minister Priya Sethi, Yudhvir Sethi State General Secretary, Baldev Billowria, Rajesh Gupta former MLA, Jugal Dogra, Vinay Gupta, Anil Masoon, Sunil Sharma and other prominent leaders, Gupta said that, BJP will continue to do social service, despite all the oppositions. He said, a few people criticize BJP for taking forward the work of previous governments, but he wants to ask them, why not they completed those works. He said, the present Modi Lead Government is completing the long pending projects in the state and in whole of the country as well. Gupta said faith in PM Modi among all sections of society had increased, especially among the women and youth of the country. This has been possible only due to the policies launched and steps taken for the upliftment of all sections of society by him during the tenure as Prime Minister. He is the favourite Prime Minister for 2019 as he sees all 133 crore people of the country just as Indians contrary to the other parties which have seen them as a vote bank," Gupta Gupta blamed the Congress, PDP and NC leaders for the poverty and backwardness of the almost every section of society in the state, saying these parties had done injustice to all except their own families and PM Modi had given them justice. He further said that actually these parties are anti Kashmiryat philosophy and betraying the people of Kashmir just to garner votes risking the lives of youth of Kashmir by emotionally diverting their mindset towards separatism. These parties used to take votes from Muslims by spreading the "fear" of PM Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the prime minister had taken out that fear, Gupta Now they see that PM Modi is in power but there is no problem, the BJP leader of action against those who were overzealously working under the tutelage of politicians and promoting their interests in utter disregard for civil service regulations and election laws. Such transgressions into the political arena by unscrupulous officers had threatened the very concept of liberal democracy as opposition leadership was being bullied and embarrassed, he These officers were further resorting to political victimization with several complaints against them in One Week Pedagogy Workshop Organized at SMVD University One day Awreness Programme held at Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Shri Ranbir Campus Kot Bhalwal, Jammu One day Awreness Programme held at Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Shri Ranbir Campus Kot Bhalwal Jammu, which was organized by Civil Defence Jammu under the able guidance at Shri V.K. Singh, IPS, DGP, Commandant General, Homeguard/Civil Defence & SDRF J&K, Sh. Muneer Ahmed Khan, IPS Addl. Director General of Police HG/CD & SDFR J&K and under the close supervision of Dy. SP Shashi Thakur, Dy. Controller Civil Defence, Jammu. In the awareness camp Students/staff of the institution were make aware about the knowledge of First Aid, (CPR), Chocking, Air Raid Precautions and rescue techniques by the Civil Defence Instructors. While speaking on the occasion Dy.SP Shashi Thakur, Dy. Controller Civil Defence Jammu, Shri Paramjit Kumar, Chief Warden & Thakur Ranjit Singh, Dy. Chief Warden Civil Defence Jammu highlighted the role of Civil Defence wardens/volunteers and importance of Civil Defence organization during disaster to help the people as a first responder. The main aim of the awareness programme to facilitate the students and staff members of Institute to deal with emergency situations like earthquake, fire, road accidents, etc. 200 Students/Staff attended the training programme. Shri Vasu Dev Jha, Principal of the Institute highly appreciated the role of Civil Defence in the society and thanked Dy. Controller Civil Defence Jammu and her team for organizing such important awareness programme. During the programme Dy.SP. Shashi Thakur, Dy. Controller Civil Defence has also distribute the CD training certificates to the students and staff who have already undergone basic CD training w.e.f to workshop. The logistic support for the workshop was enabled by the administrative staff team of FDC headed by Assistant Registrar, Mr. Samir Vohra. The faculty members from various states including Karnataka, Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and J&K registered for the workshop. The workshop includes a panorama of essential pedagogical attributes ranging from research pedagogy to entrepreneurial pedagogy. The Teaching and Learning process, Establishing learning outcomes, Curriculum designing, Learning through activity, Economics of education, Emerging trends in higher education are some of the features to be covered during the five day workshop. A one-week long workshop on Professional Ethics & Human Values a Gandhian Perspective organized by the Faculty Development Centre (FDC) at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) concluded with the valedictory session. This session was chaired by Prof. (Dr.) D. Mukhopadhyay, Coordinator FDC, Dean FoM & FoHSS, who distributed the certificates to the participants. Teachers from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Indore, Hyderabad, Kargil and Jammu participated in the workshop which was chiefly conducted by Mr. Sanjeev Chopra, Member, Human Values Cell, Delhi Government. All the participants were impressed with the content and the BJP s Agenda is to work for the welfare of all Sections of Society: Kavinder added. "In our party, some people may be making (certain) statements, but Muslims have full faith on the statements made by BJP chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi," the former Union minister "Our party president and our prime minister have never given any statement that would hurt Muslims," he claimed, asserting that the community would back the saffron party big time in the 2019 general election. He asked the BJP leaders in the meeting to reach out to the people with the policies and initiatives taken by Prime Minister Modi and BJP leadership to gross root level and ensure the victory from all six Lok Sabha seats to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Modi. The leaders also discussed the strategy and the roles and responsibilities to be assigned to the BJP workers. He also stressed to spread the factual position and achievements achieved with respect to developmental works in Jammu and Kashmir and the deeds of NC, Congress and PDP to the people of the state. In order to strengthen the bond between the local populace and the Army, regular interactions are organised. Continuing the trend, a Kaumi Ekta Meet was organised at village Makhidhar, wherein a constructive interaction was held on the topic Unity & Development. A total of 37 locals were present during this Ekta Meet and took active part in the event. The issues of development of area and its people, to include infrastructure development, social welfare, education and religious harmony were discussed during the meet. During manner in which the workshop was conducted; also expressed their desire to attend more such workshops which address the issues for ensuring individual happiness, relations in family and harmony in society. The valedictory session was also attended by Dr. Anil Kumar Tewari, Head SoPC, Mr. Deo Prakash and Dr. Manoj K. Verma from SoCSE, Mr. Udhampur district having been overlooked by a politicized bureaucracy. Seeking action on a few of the complaints lodged by the Panthers Party in the past, Mr. Singh pointed out that a Dy. SP in District Udhampur had openly campaigned for BJP during Municipal elections in October- November 2018 besides using his subordinate police personnel to propagate his political philosophy. The said officer had now been threatening the people in his jurisdiction to desist from attending political rallies of JKNPP or else they would be booked in false cases, he alleged. The supporters of NPP were being threatened, intimidated and implicated in false cases with even their basic rights as free citizens having been suspended, he maintained. Likewise some local BDOs of RDD especially of Block Majalta, Block Chanunta, Block Parly Dhar of District Udhampur were openly announcing to release the wages Workshop on Professional Ethics & Human Values Concludes at SMVDU the event, the Awam was also informed about the pivotal role played by the Army in women and youth empowerment and the various skill development projects undertaken by the Army. The local villagers appreciated and applauded the support provided by Varun Dutta, Sanjay Sharma from SoME and Mr. Sandeep Kumar from SoM. Mr. Samir Vohra, Asstt. Registrar and TO,FDC and Ms. Kanchan Gupta Section Officer were also felicitated for their key role in organizing the workshop. The workshop concluded with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr. Madhu Mangal Chaturvedi. The condition of Doda Malwana road from Parwati to Gundna Malwana is deplorable and the commuters are suffering badly due to the apathy of concerned agencies. The road is not safe for vehicular trafgic and the concerned authorities in R&B and PMGSY are least bothered in this regard. Due to the recent snowfall and heavy rains the condition of the road has taken dangerous shape. The movement of passenger and other vehicle is almost impossible and risky due to pits and muddy road. The inhabitants of various far flung areas are suffering badly due to the prevailing condition of the road. Due to the blockade of the only link road connecting Gundna tehsil with the district headquarter Doda people are facing many hardships. The old,students, women and patients are the worst sufferers. A drputation of inhabitants of vorious localities comprised of Gh Mohidin Batt, Ghulam Rasool, Manzoor Ahmed,Nawaz Ahmed, Fayaz Ahmed and others to- and other dues of labourers and Jobs card holders under MGN- REGA to only those claimants who agreed to support the candidates of a particular political party, he lamented. How could free and fair elections be possible when the govt functionaries had openly waded into the domain of politics and were working in furtherance of the political interests of their masters, questioned Singh? Urging upon the ECI and CEO J&K to take cognizance of the brazen politicization of administration, Mr. Singh said that NPP shall continue to agitate the matter in all possible foras till action was initiated against such officers. Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Rajesh Padgotra, Khajoor Singh, Sukhjit Singh, Angrez Singh, Bhavishan Singh, Surinder Chouhan, Rampaul Sharma, K.K Sharma, Mohinder Singh, Udhayveer Singh, Joginder Singh, Rakesh Verma besides others. Army Conducts Kaumi Ekta Meet the Army in all spheres. Speaking on the occasion, the Sarpanch of the village said that such meetings not only enhance the bond between the Army and Awam but also boost the morale of the locals which in turn assists in maintaining peace and harmony in the region. Army Organises Medical, Dental And Veterinary Camp At Ratnuchak Military Station Indian Army's Sabre Brigade under Rising Star Corps, in close coordination with the Civil Administration of Samba and Jammu, organized a Medical, Dental and Veterinary Camp at Ratnuchak. A large number of locals from the area including members of the Gujjar and Bakkarwal settlements availed the facilities. The facility of doctors from Army and State Health Board including Dentist, Gynecologist, Medical specialist, Paediatrician, Ortho, ENT and Veterinary Officer made it a unique venture, providing the people of the region a one point medical solution to their health requirements. Parwati to Gundna Malwana Road in Shambles day held a protest at Doda and urged the district administration to take necessary action to restore the road on priority basis. Meanwhile the inhabitants of other hilly areas including Bharath, Bagla, Kuluhand, Ugad and Kalihand also complained that the road connectivity to these areas is in miserable condition and the administration has turned a deaf ear towards the grievances of the people. The condition of Doda- Bharath road is very bad and driving on this road is at high risk' they added.

4 Ambedkar targets Pawar over Dawood's surrender proposal Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI) Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar Tuesday targeted NCP president Sharad Pawar, demanding to know why underworld don Dawood

Addressing a press conference here, Ambedkar said Dawood had met senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani in London and expressed his willingness to surrender to the authorities and face the law in India.

decision, he "When this proposal became public in 2015, Narendra Modi was the prime minister. Why didn't Modi pursue the matter and bring Dawood back in India.

4 4 Ambedkar targets Pawar over Dawood's surrender proposal Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI) Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar Tuesday targeted NCP president Sharad Pawar, demanding to know why underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's proposal to surrender to the Indian authorities in 1990s was ignored. At the relevant time, Pawar was the chief minister of Maharashtra. Addressing a press conference here, Ambedkar said Dawood had met senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani in London and expressed his willingness to surrender to the authorities and face the law in India. The only condition put forward by Dawood, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was that he should not be subjected to third degree (torture) post surrender, said Ambedkar, who heads the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA). Jethamalani had met Pawar and apprised him of Dawood's willingness to surrender, Ambedkar The Maratha strongman ignored the proposal and said the then Congress-led government was with him in this decision, he "When this proposal became public in 2015, Narendra Modi was the prime minister. Why didn't Modi pursue the matter and bring Dawood back in India. "Earlier, why didn't Pawar inform details of the proposal. Dawood was ready to face trial and Jethamalani had informed Pawar about this," he Meanwhile, NCP spokesman Nawab Malik hit back at Ambedkar, saying the issue of Dawood's surrender is being raised now to help the BJP in the upcoming polls. Pawar has already made it clear that an accused cannot dictate the terms of his surrender. The terms and conditions of his surrender were not acceptable to the then government, Malik "Why didn't Jethmalani, who later became a Union minister, inform the Interpol about his meeting with Dawood. LOCaL/NaiONaL BJP MLA makes personal remarks against Mayawati Ballia (UP), Mar 19 (PTI) Hitting another low this election season, a BJP MLA Tuesday commented on the colour of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati's hair and the facials he claims she gets every day. Baria MLA Surendra Singh, who has made controversial remarks in the past as well, was reacting to a comment Mayawati made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting that he lived in a royal manner. "She gets a facial every day. The person who herself gets a facial daily is telling our leader that he is 'shaukeen'," the MLA said, using a Hind word that suggests vanity. "Wearing clean clothes is not being 'shaukeen'. Colouring hair at the age of 60 to look young is 'shaukeen'. Her hair has turned grey but she colours it black," Singh In her tweet earlier, Mayawati had said, "The person who lives life in a royal manner, as against the principle of simple living and high thinking, had portrayed himself as a 'chaiwallah' (tea seller) in the last Lok Sabha elections for votes." "Now he is declaring himself a chowkidar (watchman) with pomp and show for votes in the elections. The country is really changing!" she Later, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav came out in support of the BSP leader, tweeting, "Mayawatiji has spent her life fighting the privileged who want to keep us in our place and submit to their will. They want women to follow what they prescribe." "The BJP represents the past and wants us to return to it. We fight for a better future. It's time for `mahaparivartan' (a big change)," Akhilesh Yadav added. Naga issue: Rio hopes NDA's return to power would bring Dimapur/Kohima, Mar 19 (PTI) Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Tuesday expressed confidence that "something positive" would be achieved on the Naga political issue if the NDA government returns to power at the Centre. "The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government had understood the uniqueness of the Naga history and tried to solve the decadeslong political problem. After the Narendra Modi government came to power, it came under focus again," Rio said at an election campaign at Dimapur. After the dates for Lok Sabha polls were announced on March 10, Rio had lamented that the solution to the Naga political issue could not be found before the elections. "We were hoping against hope that the solution will come before the election... If it (the solution) does not come, it will be problem for our Naga society to carry on," he had said on that day at a programme of the completion of one year of his People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) government of which the BJP is a part. Even after the signing of the framework agreement with the NSCN(IM) in 2015 and six Naga DMK manifesto: Release of Rajiv's killers, citizenship for Lankan refugees Chennai Mar 19: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Tuesday released its poll manifesto and promised efforts to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. DMK Chief MK Stalin said, "AIADMK will urge Government of India and the President to give due direction to the Governor of Tamil Nadu for the release of the seven Tamil convicts as ordered by Supreme Court and approved by the cabinet of Tamil Nadu government." The DMK chief also promised to give citizenship to all Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu. On the education front, he promised to abolish NEET. Assured to waive education loans and announced to provide free rail facility for school and college students. Stalin also asserted that if voted to power his government will create more jobs and fill up all existing vacancies in all central government departments in Tamil Nadu. He also said that Tamil will be made the official language in Central Government offices in the state. The DMK also said that it will push for full statehood of Puducherry and a CBI-led probe into Kodanadu Estate heist. nationalist political groups joining the peace talks separately, there has not been a breakthrough on the Naga problem. A new government, which came to power in Nagaland under Rio early last year, had raised hopes of a solution to the Naga political problem. The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)-led PDA government dethroned the NPF government of 15 years in the February 2018 state polls. Sitting NDPP MP Tohekho Yepthomi is the candidate of the PDA for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland. Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) Mar 19 Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said that people compared her looks with her grandmother Indira Gandhi as they still remember the late Prime Minister with respect for the work she had done for them. She also countered the Bharatiya Janata Party's allegations about elections as a picnic for the Gandhi family, saying that she has not been to Italy in last three to four years. Addressing a large gathering waiting for her since afternoon at the Sindaura ghat here, she said, "Many people say that I look like my grandmother. You compare us because you have a lot of love and respect for her because she had done a lot of work for you all." She also hit out at the Narendra Modi government for not fulfilling the promises it made to the people. During her river journey from Bhatoli ghat to Sindaura, Gandhi even switched to a smaller boat so that she could interact with the people residing near the Ganga's banks. As the sun was setting, the people switched on the flashlight of their mobile phones and she went to meet them by taking her motorboat near the banks. Earlier in the day, pro-modi slogans were raised by BJP supporters gathered outside the Vindhyavasini Devi Temple, eight kilometres from here, as she reached there. As Gandhi, who was clad in a red sari, got out of her car, hundreds of BJP workers started shouting the slogans and continued even as she entered the temple to pray. Most of the people in the crowd were regular worshippers, who were stopped from entering the temple due to her visit. Even shops and other establishments near the temple had to down their shutters. Gandhi, who spent some 20 minutes praying at the temple, however, remained unperturbed. As the sloganeering continued, she drove off to offer a chadar at the Kantit Sharief dargah near by where Poll panel meets representatives of Internet firms New Delhi Mar 19 Representatives of Internet companies, including social media platforms, on Tuesday had an inconclusive meeting with Election Commission officils on the use of social media for campaigning in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls while the Model Code of Conduct is in force. Sources said the poll panel has called another meeting on Wednesday. The two sides took up the misuse of social media during elections and pre-certification of political advertisements. They also discussed fake news and expenditure by political parties on online advertisements. The Election Commission asked the tech companies to come up with mechanisms on their platforms for flagging model code violations and taking action within the given time-frame. Sources said representatives from Google told the poll panel that it can set up the system to check fake news within 24 hours. The meeting was attended by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, along with Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Ashok Lavasa. Among the tech companies, representatives of Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Google, Sharechat and Tiktok were present. the meeting, Berges Y. Malu, Policy Head of ShareChat, said the company reaffirmed its commitment with the CEC. "We look forward to working with the Election Commission of India to uphold the integrity and legality of social media campaigns by political parties on our platform," he The meeting comes after the Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) sent a notice to the poll panel, urging it to act against the misuse of social media to influence voters. With the Election Commission on March 9 outlining "For how long can we drag on by making the Naga political issue an election agenda? If we want a settlement, we need to be in the ruling side (at the Centre)," he Leaders of other PDA constituents such as the BJP, the JD(U) and the NPP also addressed the poll meeting. Elections to the lone Lok Sabha seat in the state will be held on April 11. By-election to Aonglenden Assembly constituency will also be held on the same day. Meanwhile in Kohima, the opposition Naga Peoples Front (NPF) Tuesday announced that Dr Lorho S Pfoze would contest from Outer Manipur LS seat, one of the two constituencies of the neighbouring state. About the party's candidate for Nagaland, NPF president Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu said, "Some good candidates are on the cards. We are on talks with some like-minded parties and will declare our decision in a day or two." For the by-poll in Aonglenden, the NPF fielded Toshipokba, a former MLA who had defeated Congress stalwart and five-time chief minister Dr S C Jamir in a by-poll in Likened to Indira as she is still loved: Priyanka stringent guidelines for social media usage during elections, political parties and candidates won't be able to post unverified advertisements, photographs of defence personnel, hate speeches and fake news on their accounts. According to new guidelines, candidates are required to furnish details of their social media accounts at the time of filing nominations. Their activities on Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Google would be under the Election Commission's close scrutiny. Provisions of the model code of conduct will also apply to the content being posted on social media by candidates and political parties. Any violation may lead to action by the Election Commission. The poll panel also asked Facebook to remove political posters shared by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party leaders referring to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and his pictures. there was a huge crowd outside waiting to meet her. Most had arrived at 7 a.m., they claimed. Soon after ending the second day of her journey, Gandhi asked what the Modi government had done in the last five years. "Be it farmers, youth or anybody, no one is satisfied with the government. Together they will change the government this year," she told the media in Bhadohi. Asked to comment on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's claim that since the Congress was to blame for the state's backwardness since it had ruled the state the most after Independence, she hit back, saying "this 'what they did in last 70 years' has an expiry date." "Now the BJP should tell the people what it did in the last five years. Shiksha mitras and Anganwadi workers did not get anything. The BJP had announced Rs 17,000 per month for them. "It is good to produce report cards but what has actually happened? There is nothing on the ground. I am meeting people daily, they are distressed," Gandhi Rahul launches election campaign in Northeast Imphal Mar 19 Launching his party's election campaign in the Northeast from Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrived here on Tuesday evening for a twoday visit to Manipur. Party sources said during his stay, the Congress Chief will finalise his party's candidates for the two constituencies in Manipur. The BJP hasn't announced its candidates for the state as yet. Soon after his arrival, Gandhi paid tributes at Shaheed Minar and visited vendors at Ima Keithel or the women's only market. He also addressed workers at the local Congress party office. Gandhi is slated to interact with students at the Palace compound auditorium on Wednesday morning. Later, he will address a public meeting at Hafta Kangjeibung. The Congress, which ruled Manipur for three consecutive terms, secured 28 seats in the 60-member House in the last Assembly elections, while the BJP got just 21. However, the BJP managed to form a government in the state with the support of MLAs from other parties and some independents. Former Chief Minister and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Okram Ibobi told IANS that Gandhi's visit to Manipur was meant to motivate people to fight for the restoration of their democratic rights. JAMMU,WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 2019 Sanjay Singh, Pawar meet over possible alliance New Delhi Mar 19 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh and NCP leader Sharad Pawar met at the latter's residence here on Tuesday amid speculation that the Congress and AAP could still come together in Delhi to fight the Lok Sabha eletions. Probed by journalists, Singh, a confidant of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, said the meeting was held to discuss how anti-bjp parties should stand together over certain issues despite having difference. Refusing to go into details, he said it was the time to save the nation. "We all can save our parties later." Asked about an alliance with the Congress in Delhi, Singh said: "The alliance question is hypothetical. Talks do not take place on ifs and buts. We have introduced our candidates who are working hard on the ground. We are also working to win all the seven seats." The Congress is known to be divided over allying with the AAP in the Lok Sabha polls. While former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is bitterly opposed to any relationship with the AAP, a section of the Congress wants a tie-up with the AAP. Gujarat HC issues notice to EC on Talala by-election Ahmedabad Mar 19 The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Election Commission seeking an explanation for conducting by-elections for the Assembly seat of Talala in Gujarat. Congress MLA Bhagwanbhai Barad, challenging his disqualification as the Talala MLA, had moved the high court last week and filed a plea seeking a stay on his disqualification and also the by-election announcement. The High Court issued a notice to the poll panel to respond to the plea filed by Barad. Barad won from Talala in the 2017 Assembly elections. He was disqualified by Speaker Rajendra Trivedi on March 5, just four days after the Gir-Somnath court sentenced him to two years and nine months of rigorous imprisonment in a mining case. The court granted him bail the same day to allow him to appeal against the verdict. On March 7, Barad got a stay issued against this conviction from the Gir-Somnath Sessions Court and also got suspended his jail term. According to the Gujarat Congress, the very next day, this was communicated to the Election Commission as well. Notably, the Election Commission on Sunday ordered by-election for the Talala seat, along with the announcement of elections for 26 seats of the Lok Sabha to be held on April 23. Meanwhile, The BJP government in Gujarat on March 11 moved the Gujarat High Court, challenging the Gir-Somnath Sessions Court's stay order. Barad too moved the High Court, filing a petition seeking quashing of the Gujarat Assembly Speaker's decision on disqualifying him as an MLA, calling it "ex facie, illegal, malafide, arbitrary, politically motivated, biased and unconstitutional and contrary to provisions of the Representation of People Act, 1951, and in violation of the constitutional provisions". He said the Election Commission was in a hurry to declare the by-election in the Talala constituency by considering the seat to be vacant despite the fact that the petitioner does not attract disqualification. The Gujarat High Court has scheduled the next hearing on March 25. Justice P.C. Ghose appointed India's first Lokpal New Delhi Mar 19 Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose has been appointed as India's first Lokpal, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said on Tuesday. Justice (retd) Ghose will head the panel that comprises Justices Dilip B. Bhosale, Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Abhilasha Kumari and Ajay Kumar Tripathi. Besides, the panel would have Dinesh Kumar Jain, Archana Ramasundaram, Mahender Singh and Indrajeet Prasad Gautam as non-judicial members. The appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their offices, it CBI director starts weekly interactions with staff New Delhi Mar 19 In a bid to improve interdepartmental synergies in the Central probe agency and avoid festering acrimony between officials, CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla has started holding weekly interactions with his officials. Held every Friday, the interactions were initiated by Shukla after he took charge as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief on February 4 amid acrimony in the organisation that saw its former top officials engaged in an ugly legal battle, said sources. A CBI source said that Shukla, a 1983-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service officer, not only tries to resolve the problems of officials expeditiously, but also helps them with their grievances regarding transfers and postings. "The idea is to create a healthy work environment that encourages team-building, free communication and mutual trust among the CBI officials," said the source. The investigation agency was mired in controversy last year following a bitter fight between its then Director Alok Verma and his deputy Rakesh Asthana, then Special Director. Their fight led to many transfers and the agency was virtually divided into two groups.

5 Kolkata, Mar 19 (PTI) The CPI(M)-led Left Front Tuesday announced candidates for 13 more Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, taking the total number of its contestants to 38.

day after the Congress announced candidates for 11 seats including Raiganj and Murshidabad, which the CPI(M) had won in 2014. "We announced a list of 38 candidates.

5 5 Kolkata, Mar 19 (PTI) The CPI(M)-led Left Front Tuesday announced candidates for 13 more Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, taking the total number of its contestants to 38. The grouping, however, kept its door for seat sharing talks with the Congress open till Wednesday evening by not declaring nominees in four seats, which the national party had won in the 2014 general elections. Even the list of 38 candidates could be altered if the Left Front gets a positive response from the Congress by tomorrow evening on an alliance, the front's chairman Biman Bose The development came a day after the Congress announced candidates for 11 seats including Raiganj and Murshidabad, which the CPI(M) had won in "We announced a list of 38 candidates. We are not announcing the names of four seats which the Congress had won the last time. We will wait till Wednesday evening for a response from the Congress," Bose told reporters here. "If there is no response, we will go ahead with the remaining four seats. But if we get a positive response, things can change. The list that I announced today can also be changed," he "We hope good sense will prevail and the Congress will realise the need for maximum pooling of anti-bjp and anti- TMC votes in the state. We will wait for their response," Bose In response, the Congress said it cannot be browbeaten this way. "We won't bow down before such threats or ultimatum. We have a party policy to follow and we can't just rush into a decision. We have to discuss the matter. Let's see what happens," chairman of the Congress's state coordination committee Pradip Bhattacharya told PTI. The Left Front announced its first list of candidates for 25 seats in West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls last Friday leaving 17 constituencies for the Congress."If there is no response, we will go ahead with the remaining four seats. But if we get a positive response, things can change. The list that I announced today can also be LOCaL/NatiONaL LS polls:cpi(m) announces 13 more candidates,to wait for Robbers flee with entire ATM machine in Dwarka New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) Robbers fled with with an entire ATM machine of the Corporation Bank which had around Rs 30 lakh inside near the Nawada metro station in Dwarka, police said on Tuesday. Police said the incident took place on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday and the robbers covered the CCTV cameras with grease. The bank's branch manger filed a complaint on Tuesday in which he said the bank operates from 9 AM to 9 PM and the same scheduled was followed by them on Monday. In the complaint, he said when the staff came to the bank on Tuesday, they found the entire ATM machine missing, a senior police officer Panaji, Mar 19 (PTI) Senior BJP leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari has once again emerged as the party's chief troubleshooter in Goa, where he moved quickly to select a new chief minister after the death of Manohar Parrikar and kept allies on his side to avoid a break-up in coalition. Gadkari played a similar role in March 2017 when he sewed up a coalition led by the BJP, which had won 13 seats as against 17 by the Congress, by deftly bringing together regional outfits - - which fought polls on an anti-bjp platform -- and also three Independents. The BJP stalwart had then flown to Goa at midnight to spearhead the coalition talks, which saw the BJP retaining power in the politically volatile state. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and the Goa Forward Party (GFP), with three MLAs each, had then agreed to be part of the BJP-led coalition only if Parrikar, then defence minister, was made the chief minister. Two years later, after the death of Parrikar Sunday, Gadkari, the BJP's Goa in-charge, once again found himself at the centre of coalition and consensus-building exercise, which culminated in party legislator Pramod Sawant taking over as the new chief minister with support from allies. Initial investigation revealed that the robbers came to the ATM and cut the wire of the CCTV which was placed outside the machine after covering its lens with grease. After that they removed the machine, the officer Police are checking the footage of the camera which was placed inside. The manager said they had filed Rs 16 lakh on Monday at around 3.30 PM and the total amount in the machine was Rs 30 lakh, police "A case has been registered and the investigation has been initiated. Police has formed teams to nab the accused," Anto Alphonse, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka), Police officials said they are also not ruling out the involvement of the bank staff in the incident. Panaji, Mar 19 (PTI) The BJP-led government in Goa will face the floor test Wednesay, a day after it was formed. Governor Mridula Sinha has convened a special session of the Assembly at am Wednesday to enable Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to prove his majority in the House, an official Sawant Tuesday said his government had sought a floor test on Wednesday to prove its strength in the Assembly. The BJP-led government in the coastal state claims support of 21 MLAs - 12 from the BJP, three each of allies Goa Forward Party (GFP) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and three Independents. The strength of the 40-member House has been reduced to 36 due to the death of chief minister Manohar Parrikar, BJP MLA A star hotel near Panaji became a beehive of activity as Gadkari, who air dashed here, held a series of meetings through the Monday night with the MLAs of the BJP, MGP, GFP and also three Independents to select Parrikar's successor. "The difference between 2017 and 2019 is the absence of Parrikar. He was the rallying point (in 2017) for everyone despite the fact that MGP and GFP do not share cordial relation," a senior BJP changed," he But the Congress was not happy with the seats that were left for the party by the Front. On the claims by the Congress that it was not given enough seats, Bose said the party should examine its percentage of votes in all the 42 seats in 2014 polls before making such comments. "There are several seats where the Congress' vote share was between 1.5 and 2 per cent," Bose After weeks of parleys failed to resolve the impasse over distribution of seats, the West Bengal unit of the Congress on Sunday called off the talks, saying it did not want any alliance by compromising the party's dignity. Since the beginning of seat-sharing talks between them, several issues Francis D'Souza and resignations of two Congress MLAs Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte. The Congress is the single largest party in the state with 14 MLAs. There is also an NCP legislator in the House. Sawant, 45, who was sworn in along with 11 other ministers in a ceremony in the wee hours Tuesday, succeeds Parrikar, who died Sunday after battling pancreatic cancer. He said his priority was to complete projects undertaken by Parrikar. The state government will build a memorial in Parrikar's name at Panaji's Miramar beach, where he was cremated, he added. Sawant exuded confidence that the BJP-led alliance would remain intact, adding BJP's allies are backing him. "I will try to ensure that the alliance remains intact. I will deal with people the way Parrikar used to," he AP Cong list show several first-timers Amaravati (AP), Mar 19 (PTI) With some senior leaders deserting the party in the run up to the polls, the list of candidates released by the Congress for the April 11 Lok Sabha and State assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh show several first-timers and only few notable faces. There were just five notable faces in the list of 22 Lok Sabha candidates and a mere two among 132 Assembly nominees. State Congress chief N Raghuveera Reddy and former minister Sake Sailajanath are the only two known faces in the Assembly candidates list. Former Union Ministers M M Pallam Raju, Chinta Mohan and J D Seelam, former MP Kanumuri Bapiraju and AICC secretary Sheik Mastanvali are the prominent candidates being fielded for Lok Sabha. These For BJP, Gadkari emerges key trouble-shooter in Goa have cropped up time and again. The initial impasse over Raiganj and Murshidabad seats were resolved after the intervention of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, and the left party had got the two constituencies. In 2014, the CPI(M) won Raiganj and Murshidabad in a fourcornered contest, though they have been traditional Congress strongholds. In the 42-member assembly, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has 34 MPs followed by the Congress with four. The BJP and the CPI(M) each has two members in the house. The state will go to polls in seven phases from April 11. Sawant said ministers sworn along with would be allocated portfolios soon. He expressed confidence that his government will complete its tenure. Sawant was sworn in as the new chief minister of Goa just before 2 am Tuesday, after hectic parleys between the saffron party and its allies to put a new government in place in the state. The governor also administered oath to 11 other ministers, including those from BJP's allies MGP and the GFP. As per the power-sharing arrangement reached with allies, an MLA each from the two smaller parties backing the BJP will be made deputy chief minister, party sources They are GFP chief Vijai Sardesai and MGP legislator Sudin Dhavalikar. After multiple postponements of the oath ceremony on Monday, Sawant, legislator from Sankhalim in North Goa, was sworn in as CM at Raj Bhavan at 1.50 am. BJP president Amit Shah and Union minister Nitin Gadkari played behind-thescene roles in ensuring the party retained power in Goa, after the death of Parrikar, sources familiar with the developments The impasse over government formation, which included dealing with stubborn allies wanting to extract their pound of JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 2019 BJP-led govt in Goa to face floor test Wednesday were the only leaders who did not leave the party post-bifurcation of the state in 2014 though the Congress was left buried by the Andhra Pradesh electorate. Though former Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy returned to the Congress last year, he too has not been active in the party. The state Congress claimed over 1,300 applications were received for party tickets this time. The Congress polled just 2.77 per cent votes in the Assembly and 2.8 per cent in Lok Sabha elections in the state in 2014, with almost all candidates losing their security deposits. The Congress-TDP combine received a severe drubbing in the Telangana Assembly elections in December last. The Congress is going it alone in the polls. Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister V Kishore Chandra Deo had recently joined the TDP. member "The exercise that was undertaken this time, in the same hotel which was used during2017 talks, was tedious considering the fact that the Parrikar-led coalition was faction-ridden. "It was difficult to troubleshoot such a situation, if not for a person like Gadkari," he said, acknowledging the stellar role played by the 61-year-old BJP veteran in keeping the coalition intact in Goa post Parrikar's death. Gowda says he is yet to decide on contesting LS polls Bengaluru, Mar 19 (PTI) Maintaining suspense about contesting the Lok Sabha polls, JD(S) patriarch and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda Tuesday said he is yet to decide and been thinkingabout his 'usefulness' in the national capital. The 85-year-old leader citing his agesaid he lacked the strength that he had in 1996, when he became the Prime Minister, but there is "enthusiasm". He also made it clear that the opponent of opposition parties now was the BJP and not the Congress and said he would stand along with Congress president Rahul Gandhi even if he was able to do even a bit for the country under his (Gandhi) leadership. "From where should I be contesting or not to, I think I have that much of basic freedom to decide.let's decide on it with in a few days, there is no problem. But, I'm thinking to myself about my usefulness in Delhi, I'm watching iti will decide," Gowda Pointing out that in his speech at the last session of Parliament he had indicated it was his last speech, hesaid, but a few friends had asked him to contest this time. "I'm yet to decide." If he decided to contest, he along with coalitionleaders, including his son and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah of Congress will decide on the constituency,he added. Speculationsare rife that Deve Gowda, who has conceded his constituencyhassan to grandson Prajwal Revanna, will contest fromeither Bangalore North or Tumkur constituency. His another grandson and Kumaraswamy'sson Nikhil Kumaraswamy is contesting from Mandya Lok Sabhaseat, another party bastion. Three years ago itself he had said he will vacate the Hassan seat Don't want to be CM, don;t think about it: Pankaja Munde Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI) I don't want to be chief minister and nor do I think about it, Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde said Tuesday. She was speaking at the "Rashtra Maharashtra" event organised by the BBC Marathi News Service here. "I have said it many times. I don't aspire to be chief minister and don't even think about it," Munde She also refuted allegations that she did not get along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, claiming that the latter never interfered in her work. "I really enjoy working with him. There is no place for miscommunication between us," she Queried on being dogged by controversies often, she said, "You know what happened during the (mythological) ocean churning when gods and demons were engaged in a duel to obtain amrit? It resulted in the spilling of poison. There were many takers for amrit, none for poison. In my party and the government, the poison came in my share," she "But let me also tell you, I am the most preferred and sought after BJP leader to deliver speeches," she added. In reply to another query, she said she had added the "chowkidar" tag to her Twitter profile but dropped it after being for Prajwal in view of his age, Gowda said adding there was was nothingto hide. "Even while speaking in the Parliament. I spoke fully understanding my strengths," he said, adding hedid not have the strength that he had in 1996, when he becamethe Prime Minister, but there is 'enthusiasm'. "Our opponents today are not Congress, it is BJP. So if I'm able to do even a bit for this country under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, I can stand along with him Still I have not made up my mind. "I'm still thinking, From otherstates also leaders are saying- you are an elderly person, having the experience of governing the countryit is adifferent matter, we will sit and decide...," he added. Sections within the Congress have requested JD(S) to give Tumkur seat back to the party, amidsimmering discontent within the local leadership about cedingit to the alliance partner. "From where should I be contesting or not to, I think I have that much of basic freedom to decide.let's decide on it with in a few days, there is no problem. But, I'm thinking to myself about my usefulness in Delhi, I'm watching iti will decide," Gowda Pointing out that in his speech at the last session of Parliament he had indicated it was his last speech, hesaid, but a few friends had asked him to contest this time. However, they would not oppose if Gowda himself contests from the seat, party sources Though there is pressure within the JD(S) for Gowda to contest from Bangalore North, the party fearsabout Congress' complete support there. The Congress will contest 20 seats and JD(S) eight in the Lok Sabha polls in the state under a deal between the coalition partners finalised last week. trolled, though she went on to add that trolls didn't perturb her as she spent very little time on social media platforms.queried on being dogged by controversies often, she said, "You know what happened during the (mythological) ocean churning when gods and demons were engaged in a duel to obtain amrit? It resulted in the spilling of poison. There were many takers for amrit, none for poison. In my party and the government, the poison came in my share," she She said she supported the demand for Dhangar quota, but quickly added that this was her personal opinion. She also brushed aside a query that she was a product of dynastic politics. "Since people are accepting it, there is nothing wrong," she claimed. flesh, was resolved with deft handling of the situation by the two senior BJP leaders, party sources said Tuesday. In 2017 also, after the BJP failed to get a majority in the state Assembly polls,gadkari had flown in here to help the BJP in cobbling up an alliance with smaller parties in the coastal state, after which a government was formed under Parrikar's leadership. I have not resigned as Maha LoP, says Vikhe Patil Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil Tuesday rejected reports that he had quit as the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. about Vikhe Patil resigning as Maharashtra LoP have been rife in political circles ever since his son, Sujay, joined the ruling BJP on March 12 and is set to be recommended by it for the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat. Sujay's candidature from the BJP will pit him in a straight fight with the NCP, which had refused to accede to Vikhe Patil's request to let his son fight on a Congress ticket from there. Vikhe Patil, who is in his hometown Loni, said, "I reject reports that I have resigned as Leader of Opposition." Vikhe Patil had earlier said that Sujay's decision to join the BJP was a personal one. He would continue to the serve the Congress and abide by its directives, the LoP had asserted. ASI kills wife, shoots self in Jalandhar Chandigarh, Mar 19 (PTI) A 45-year-old assistant sub-inspector of the Punjab Police allegedly shot dead his wife before killing himself with his service revolver over a domestic dispute in Jalandhar district Tuesday, an official

6 ESTABLISHED IN 1986 Preserve Water Water is one of the most component of human life. There shall be no life without water. So it is important to save water for the coming generations.

combined thus using the largest amount of groundwater 24 per cent of the global total, according to a new report.

extracted globally, more than that of China and the US combined.

India is the third largest exporter of groundwater 12 per cent of the global total. It further said wheat and rice were the two most important and highest water-guzzling crops that India produced.

6 6 ESTABLISHED IN 1986 Preserve Water Water is one of the most component of human life. There shall be no life without water. So it is important to save water for the coming generations. But it is a matter of concern for everyone in India to preserve ground water as India accounts for almost one-fourth of the total groundwater extracted globally, more than that of China and the US combined thus using the largest amount of groundwater 24 per cent of the global total, according to a new report. According to a report by Water Aid, a non-profit organisation, titled "Beneath the Surface: The State of the World's Water 2019", India accounted for almost onefourth of the total groundwater extracted globally, more than that of China and the US combined. It said India also used the largest amount of groundwater 24 per cent of the global total - and the country's rate of groundwater depletion increased by 23 per cent between 2000 and India is the third largest exporter of groundwater 12 per cent of the global total. It further said wheat and rice were the two most important and highest water-guzzling crops that India produced. Rice is the least water-efficient grain and wheat has been the main driver in increasing irrigation stress. Replacing rice and wheat with other crops like maize, millets, sorghum mapped to suitable geographies could reduce irrigation water demand by one-third. Though replacement of rice and wheat crops is challenging, in an ideal scenario, choice of crop needs to be matched with ecology and the amount of water available in the area it is being produced in. Noting that one kg of wheat required an average 1,654 litres of water, the report said 1 kg of rice requires an average 2,800 litres of water. So, just for rice, a family of four consumes approximately 84,600 litres of virtual water in a month. In , India exported 37.2 lakh tonnes of basmati. To export this rice, the country used around 10 trillion litres of water, meaning India virtually exported 10 trillion litres of water," said the report released ahead of World Water Day. Water Aid India's Chief Executive VK Madhavan, said this World Water Day (March 22), it is calling for production of these goods to be made more sustainable and for consumers to be more thoughtful in their purchasing habits. He said lack of access to clean water further pushes the marginalised and vulnerable communities towards a vicious circle of poverty. The burden of accessing water to meet daily needs prevents them from reaching their full potential by inhibiting their education, health and livelihood opportunities. There is a dire need to invest in making clean water within the household accessible to everyone, everywhere. Death of an Icon Manohar Parrikar was a model politician. In his passing, India and Goa have lost a good son. Usually when a high-profile politician passes away, particularly in these times of over-sharing on social media, some people tend to reflect on the negative aspects of the person in assessing his legacy. Even if everyone might not share these anecdotes publicly, often gossip and innuendo make it to private conversations, particularly among reporters, who tailed that politician as part of their jobs. Manohar Parrikar, however, was not that kind of politician. Every correspondent, who spoke with him during his brief tenure as Defence Minister as well as the corps of journalists in Goa, mourned the man with nary a bad word to say. Because there really was nothing negative to say about Parrikar, who was a committed nationalist and a concerned Goan, who genuinely joined politics to make a difference instead of enjoying the trappings of power. There is no doubt that he was born to a certain level of privilege, be- Death of an icon on Page 7 H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y 1916 : First U.S. air combat mission begins Eight Curtiss Jenny planes of the First Aero Squadron take off from Columbus, New Mexico, in the first combat air mission in U.S. history. The First Aero Squadron, organized in 1914 after the outbreak of World War I, was on a support mission for the 7,000 U.S. troops who invaded Mexico to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. On March 9, 1916, Villa, who opposed American support for Mexican President Venustiano Carranza, led a band of several hundred guerrillas across the border on a raid of the town of Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17 Americans. On March 15, under orders from President Woodrow Wilson, U.S. Brigadier General John J. Pershing launched a punitive expedition into Mexico to capture Villa. Four days later, the First Aero Squadron was sent into Mexico to scout and relay messages for General Pershing. Despite numerous mechanical and navigational problems, the American fliers flew hundreds of missions for Pershing and gained important experience that would later be used by the pilots over the battlefields of Europe. However, during the 11-month mission, U.S. forces failed to capture the elusive revolutionary, and Mexican resentment over U.S. intrusion into their territory led to a diplomatic crisis. In late January 1917, with President Wilson under pressure from the Mexican government and more concerned with the war overseas than with bringing Villa to justice, the Americans were ordered 1916 on Page 7 By : RAjeev BhARgAvA Edit/OpiNiON Unsound judgments and faulty moral reasoning are not the lot of leaders alone but also of those who support them. As all of us ordinary citizens recovered from the carnage in Pulwama, and wondered how the government would respond to this latest instance of cross-border terrorism, one television channel showed us poignant images of grieving relatives of the fallen soldiers. While a few, driven by moral hatred for the perpetrators, were understandably crying for revenge, others, even at this moment of utmost suffering, spoke of the futility of retaliation. It would only bring similar suffering to fellow humans, said one widow from the rural hinterland. Hers was a cry for peace, not for vengeful violence. War can only be the last resort, after everything else has failed, she wisely counselled. War and patriotism. Yes, war is sometimes necessary, especially in selfdefence. But one doesn t have to be an unconditional pacifist to acknowledge the misfortunes it begets or to decry war mongering. Nor is readiness to go to war the only indicator of patriotism. True, patriots must be prepared to die in defence of their patria, their mother or fatherland. But one is not any By : SANDhyA jain Kuldip Nayar s recollections in his book, On Leaders and Icons: From Jinnah to Modi, about leaders of pre and post-independent India make some startling revelations. Declining to release Kuldip Nayar s posthumously published book, On Leaders and Icons: From Jinnah to Modi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh informed the veteran journalist s wife that on perusing the book, I found a reference on page 172 that during my prime ministership, Government files would go to Sonia Gandhi s house. This statement is not true and Kuldip did not check with me about its truth. In this background, I would find it embarrassing to attend the book release function on February 8, Raconteur par excellence, Nayar wrote that Singh s lack of a popular base helped his political career. Selected as Prime Minister, for 10 years, he served as a convenient front man for Sonia Gandhi and her dynasty. Government files would go to her residence where senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel guided her in day-today Government affairs. This is hardly news for most Indians. What is startling is the revelation that when former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru suffered a JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 2019 A PRAYER FOR OUR TIMES Nasty side of power plays The death penalty: a fatal margin of error By : RAhIl ChATTeRjee stroke in January 1964, Indira Gandhi ruled the country in the name of her ailing father. Lal Bahadur Shastri, as Minister without portfolio, began quietly dealing with the files marked to Nehru. Indira Gandhi did not like this. She would insist on seeing important files herself before sending them to Shastri. The latter learnt of this but did not protest. Nehru s ambition to make Indira Gandhi his successor was visible to all. In 1959, UN Dhebar stepped down as Congress president and aware of Nehru s desire, proposed Indira Gandhi as next president. Aghast, Home Minister Govind Ballabh Pant protested that her frail health would hinder the extensive travels required of a Congress president. But Nehru raised his voice: she is healthier than both of us and could put in longer hours of work. With that, Indira Gandhi was unanimously elected and cleared the first hurdle to prime ministership. Indira Gandhi s name came up after Nehru died but Morarji Desai s ambition thwarted a consensus and the mantle fell on Shastri, who died of a heart attack less than two years later in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Nayar, who was in the media delegation, recounts that Shastri retired slightly agitated as the accompanying Indian media had badgered him The inconsistent and arbitrary application of the death penalty remains a matter of great concern. On March 5, 2019, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice A.K. Sikri (now retired) found Khushwinder Singh guilty and befitting of the death sentence (Khushwinder Singh v. State of Punjab). In 2013, the Fatehgarh Sahib sessions court had convicted and sentenced him to death for killing six relatives of his wife with the motive of committing theft. The last time the death penalty was upheld by the Supreme Court was in July 2018 in the Delhi gang rape case. Since then, the court has acquitted 10 death row prisoners and reduced the sentence to life imprisonment of 23 others. As Singh s case moves closer to the gallows, the judgment highlights the processes that cause cases to slip through the cracks of the rarest of the rare doctrine, which mandates a consideration of both the crime and the criminal. The judgment exemplifies the varied standards of legal representation that impacts the imposition of the death penalty. A contrast. Singh s death sentence stands in contrast to nine cases decided by three-judge benches headed by Justice Sikri since November 2018 which resulted in six commutations to life imprisonment and eight acquittals. In these judgments, the duty of the court to conduct an effective sentencing hearing was emphasised and factors such as good conduct in custody, education, age, social, emotional and mental condition of the offender, and the possibility of reform were highlighted as relevant considerations in the sentencing scheme. However, none of these factors appear to have been considered for Singh. The judgment declares at the outset that Singh s lawyer is not in a position to point out any mitigating circumstance. Without commenting on the effect of that deficiency on the quality of the sentencing exercise being carried out by the court, it erroneously relies only on the pre-planned nature of the crime, its brutality less a patriot if one strives for everyone in his country living peacefully, happily, flourishing, leading life to its fullness. Fighting the daily challenges faced by their countrymen, seeking to improve their lot, always loving them and their habitat, and expressing this love in word or deed as the occasion demands is the everyday vocation of a patriot. A country at war is different. War is disruptive, and because it is lethal and involves human sacrifice, a patriot must eschew any bravado about it. This is particularly expected from contemporary leaders, patriots who never themselves go to war; quite unlike the past where the ruler who declared war was expected to always lead from the front on the battlefield. After all, it is our Army officers and jawans who die, not the ones who call for and support war. Our rulers move about with elaborate security to protect their about the return of Haji Pir and Tithwal to Pakistan after the 1965 war. Angered over the concession, his wife, Lalita, had refused to speak to him over the telephone. At the dacha, Swaran Singh asked Nayar, Who do you think the next Prime Minister will be? Nayar repeated what Shastri had told him a few months earlier: If I die in the next two years, my successor will be Indira Gandhi. If I survive, it will be YB Chavan (then Defence Minister). In Delhi, he recalls, Lalita Shastri asked him, Where own lives. If they don t allow others to play with their lives, they must ensure that no one plays with the life of their countrymen, most of all our soldiers. Decisions on war must then be taken responsibly, without haste, not for spectacular effect or as tactical ploys in a game. The inner workings of the human mind are mysterious, however. For it is not these thoughts that crossed my mind when I saw those moving images on television. This reasoning is retrospective; thoughts that have occurred to me now, post-facto. At that time, a strange melange of emotions feelings of grief, despair, shame, nostalgia curdled up and then suddenly, from nowhere, the lyrics of an immortal song by Sahir Ludhianvi, set to tune by Jaidev and sung melodiously by Lata Mangeshkar in the 1961 Dev Anand classic Hum Dono, came unbidden to mind: Maangon ka sindoor na chhutey, maa behenon ki aas naa tootey (may no one be widowed; may no mother or sister lose hope of their loved one returning). Prayer for peace and wisdom In the film, these lines are part of a prayer for peace led by the wife and mother of a Major of the Indian Army missing in action a prayer not only that their own loved one A prayer on Page 7 were you? Can t you see he has been poisoned, his whole body is blue? There was distressing politics over the cremation. Indira Gandhi wanted Shastri cremated in his home town, Allahabad, away from Raj Ghat where Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru had samadhis. She had already (though Nayar omits to mention it) denied him the Prime Minister s residence at Teen Murti by turning it into a memorial. An enraged Lalita trounced Indira Gandhi by threatening a Nasty side on Page 7 and the number of victims to impose the death sentence. Grounds relating to the criminal such as his conduct in prison, his socio-economic and educational backgrounds, or the probability of reformation receive no comment from the court. In late 2018, another three-judge bench of the Supreme Court reversed its own finding in M.A. Antony v. State of Kerala, involving the murder of six relatives of the accused. The court chose to commute the death penalty factoring the lack of evidence to show that the convict was a hardened criminal or that he was beyond reform. The similarities in the nature of the crime between the cases of Singh and Antony are unfortunate and uncannily similar. In both cases, six family members lost their lives, including two children. The motive in both, according to the prosecution, was money and the victims were close relatives. Both convicts were middle-aged men with families of their own. While in Antony s case, his socioeconomic conditions and lack of criminal antecedents were considered by the court in deciding that there was a probability of his reformation, in Singh s judgment, there is a complete silence on this aspect, providing yet another instance of the arbitrary imposition of the death penalty. Eliciting information. The irreversibility of the death penalty has fundamentally affected the jurisprudence around it. It is commonly accepted that a judge in adversarial proceedings cannot go on a truth searching exploration beyond what is presented. Yet, death penalty jurisprudence is rife with examples where duty has been placed upon the courts to elicit information relating to the question of sentence, even if none is adduced before it. Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan s judgment in Ajay Pandit v. State of Maharashtra (2012), held that the court has a duty and obligation to elicit relevant facts even if the accused was totally silent in such situations. In Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra(2009), while discussing the responsibility of courts The death penalty on Page 7 Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph , Fax , RNI NO /86, gofpress@gmail.com, gofpress@rediffmail.com, sundayplus@rediffmail.com

7 Not attached to power despite being in it: UP CM Yogi PReSS TRUST of INDIA lucknow, Mar 19 Monk-turnedpolitician Yogi Adityanath claims he is not attached to power despite being in power.

In fact, there is 'nirliptata' (nonattachment) with power for us.

We have come to change the traditional politics of UP, which was confined to casteism and dynastic politics.

past two years, we have been successful to a great extent in doing so," he added.

7 7 Not attached to power despite being in it: UP CM Yogi PReSS TRUST of INDIA lucknow, Mar 19 Monk-turnedpolitician Yogi Adityanath claims he is not attached to power despite being in power. Asked why he chose to join politics when he was a sanyasi, he said he did so to work for the welfare of society. "Despite staying in power, there is no 'sanliptata' (attachment) with power for us. In fact, there is 'nirliptata' (nonattachment) with power for us. We are here for 'lok kalyan' and 'rashtra kalyan'," Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told PTI recently before completing two years in office Tuesday. "Politics is not a profession for me. We have come to change the traditional politics of UP, which was confined to casteism and dynastic politics. Our aim is to take the state on the path of development, good governance and nationalism," he "Our endeavour is to make Uttar Pradesh a leading state in the country and I am happy to say that in the past two years, we have been successful to a great extent in doing so," he added. Yogi Adityanath Owaisi files nomination in Hyderabad, seeks 4th term as MP PReSS TRUST of INDIA hyderabad, Mar 18 AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi Monday filed his nomination papers for Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, seeking a fourth straight term in the lower house of Parliament. With the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) making it clear that it would back his candidature, Owaisi seems to be on a strong wicket in this Muslim-dominated segment, a stronghold of the All India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen. The Congress and the BJP are yet to name their candidates for this constituency, represented by Owaisi since The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee had earlier recommended to the party central leadership to field Mohammad Azharuddin, among others, in Hyderabad constituency, but party sources have indicated that the former India cricket captain is not keen to contest here. The TRS and the AIMIM have teamed up to face the Lok Sabha elections jointly in Telangana. Owaisi is expected to campaign for TRS candidates, according to TRS sources. "Hyderabad Parliamentary Constituency has been the voice of India's impoverished, oppressed & weak. Inshallah, it will continue to be so," he tweeted after filing the papers. In the assembly elections in December last year, AIMIM had won seven of the eight seats it had contested. They party had supported the ruling TRS in the remaining 111 segments. PReSS TRUST of INDIA New Delhi, Mar 18 The Congress Monday accused the BJP of creating an "artificial majority" in Goa at the directions of the Centre, and urged Governor Mridula Sinha to invite the opposition party to form a government as it was the single largest party. The coastal state is in a politically fluid situation after the death of BJP Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Sunday. While the Congress has staked claim to form the next government, the BJP is also meeting its allies to decide on Parrikar's successor. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said in New Delhi, "I will like to attract the attention of whole country as well as the media that democracy should be established (in Goa). And governors, who sit on the position of a judge, should take correct decision. "The one who has a majority should form a government. It is not right for democracy if artificial majority is created as per the directions of central government," he told a press conference. On Governor Sinha not responding to adopted sanyas in The chief minister said, "When I was pursuing graduation, I came in contact with my guru Mahant Avaidyanath. At that time Ram Janmabhoomi movement too was going on and he was prominently associated with it. I too had an affinity towards spirituality." Mahant Avaidyanath was a politician besides the head priest of Gorakhnath Temple. He had succeeded his guru Digvijay Nath. He was also linked to the Hindu Mahasabha and later represented Gorkhpur Lok Sabha constituency four times as a Bharatiya Janata Party MP. "I finally decided to take sanyas in 1993, and on Basant Panchami in 1994, my guru gave me 'diksha'," said the chief minister. Asked if he would like to give any advice to youths, he said, "Read 'Exam Warriors' written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is a must for all youngsters, especially students." The book helps youths "to face challenges boldly and not necessarily only exam blues", he Congress will restore special category status to Arunachal and other NE states: Rahul PReSS TRUST of INDIA Itanagar, Mar 19 Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday his party will restore the special category status to Arunachal Pradesh and other states in the northeast if elected to power. There are some states in the country which require special status because of their "unique problems and difficulties" such as connectivity, terrain, infrastructure, Gandhi said at an election rally here. During the Congress rule at the Centre, he said, Arunachal Pradesh and other NE states used to enjoy special category status. Arunachal Pradesh has a special place in the heart of the Congress party and "we would like to have a 'dil ka rishta' with the people of the state", he Gandhi said the Congress will not allow the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be passed in Rajya Sabha because the bill is "detrimental" to the people of the northeast. "We will not allow the suppression of the people of northeast," Gandhi The Congress party will never attack the language, culture, customs and tradition of Arunachal Pradesh and other NE states, he Election to the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats will be held on April 11. India's leadership fully capable to act against terror : Doval PReSS TRUST of INDIA gurgaon, MAR 19 NSA Ajit Doval said Tuesday the leadership of the country is fully capable to deal with any act of terror and against those who abet it. Addressing the 80th raising day of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) here, Doval also said India has not forgotten and will not forget the terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, where 40 CRPF jawans were killed on February 14. "I can assure you that the country's leadership is very capable to effectively respond to such acts (Pulwama) of terrorism and those who aide it," he Doval, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is believed to be the person behind the planning of the air strike on the camp of Jaishe-Mohammad in Balakot in Pakistan, carried out by the Indian Air Force in retaliation to the Pulwama terror attack, one of the worst on security personnel in Kashmir in three decades. "What should we do? What should be our way, our aim and our response and time to respond? The country's leadership is both capable and courageous to (do) that. The country will tackle all such challenges and we have the courage to do this," he BJP creating artificial majority in Goa, Cong should be allowed to form govt: Azad the Congress' demand for allowing it to form a government in the state, Azad said, "The governor should work as a governor and not for a party." He also referred to the last Assembly elections in the state and mentioned that the Congress emerged as the single largest party and tried form a government. "What we tried before, we are trying again. When elections happened in Goa, the Congress emerged as the number one party. The BJP got fewer seats (than Congress). Now, the BJP's MLA count has gone down (further). BJP's MLA count is 11 and Congress's is 14. We have three MLAs more as compared to them," he told reporters. Azad said among the other parties, the Goa Forward Party has three, the MGP has three, the NCP one and remaining three are independents and there is one speaker. All the 14 Congress MLAs, led by Leader of the Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, went to Raj Bhawan and handed over a letter to Sinha, saying it was the single largest party in the Assembly and should be allowed to form the government. "We are saddened by the chief minister's demise, but before his final rites are performed, a new government has to be formed...the governor has acknowledged that the Congress is the single largest party and she said she will get back to us," Kavlekar told reporters here. The opposition party had earlier also written to Sinha, staking claim to form the government on Friday and then again on Sunday. NatiONaL Contn. from Page 6... A Prayer... returns home safe but that no wife, mother or sister may lose loved ones in war. Death in war is an interruption, an anomaly. It takes away from us young, active, lively persons who have not yet lived their full life. When a soldier dies in the prime of life, he leaves many tasks unfinished, many relationships incomplete, millions of desires unfulfilled. And according to popular belief, when a person at the height of his powers meets a bloody, violent, untimely end, hisprana or atman remains in limbo, trapped in no man s land; it leaves the body without reaching wherever it is meant to go and keeps hovering around us. May this never happen to anyone, says the poet. Deh bina bhatke na praan (may the spirit not abruptly detach from the body and wander restlessly). But this mellifluous song is more than a comforting prayer for peace. It subtly points fingers at those who injudiciously push us into war, at the economically strong and politically powerful who bring war upon us for their own benefit, to serve their own nefarious purpose. O saare jag ke rakhawaale, nirbal ko bal dene waale, balwaanon ko de de gyaan (jnana) (you, who watch over the entire universe, you who empower the weak, may you also grant wisdom to the mighty). Jnana here refers not simply to knowledge, but to wisdom, moral insight, indeed to conscience. May the rulers rule with a conscience! May they be able to distinguish right conduct from wrong. Really, only such people should guide us when we are faced with the dilemma of whether or not to undertake morally retributive action. And this is not all. The prayer then becomes a plea that we all be endowed withsanmati to put our intelligence to good use, to have sound judgments, that all have a conscience. Why? Because unsound judgments, faulty moral reasoning and suspension of good sense are not the lot of leaders alone but also of those fast-unto-death. Indira Gandhi then opposed inscribing Shastri s famous slogan, Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan on his samadhi at Vijay Ghat; Lalita threatened self-immolation. Later, searching for an appropriate prime ministerial bungalow, Indira Gandhi inspected the Shastri home, sneered at his middle class living and left the place to the family. Despite his gargantuan memory, Nayar states that Jinnah joined the Indian National Conference in Actually, the Conference had merged with the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1886; Jinnah joined INC in He recalls Jinnah s first speech as President of Pakistan, wherein he admits the intractable problem of minorities in both countries: All the same, in this division it was impossible to avoid the question of minorities being in one Dominion or the other. Clearly, Jinnah knew the problem he was creating but went ahead. More tellingly, the Quaid-e-Azam s speech was not broadcast by Radio Pakistan: A reality byte regarding his power in the country he created. Interestingly, Nayar recounts that when he met Louis Mountbatten near London on October 1, 1971, the latter recalled a conversation with Jinnah at the Viceroy House in Delhi on April 9, 1947: I told Jinnah that his moth-eaten Pakistan would not last more than 25 years. Mountbatten claimed he told Jinnah that East Pakistan would become an independent country in years. However, his former Press adviser, Alan Campbell-Johnson, told Nayar, Mountbatten s memory probably fails him. I should have known if he had made such a remark. Cyril Radcliffe, who delineated the border, concurred with Campbell-Johnson: You are the first person to tell me who support them and legitimise their actions. It is after all we, ordinary folks, who are swayed by war hysteria. Those without good sense get the leaders they deserve. May the gift of sanmati be bestowed on us. For only people with sanmati can rein in leaders who have lost all sense of good and bad, right and wrong. A civilisational anchor. But who is this prayer addressed to? Allah tero naam, Ishwar tero naam (You, whose name is both Allah and Ishwar). In this, his masterstroke, Sahir invokes not only Gandhi, but an entire, centuriesold religio-philosophical legacy of the subcontinent in which all traditions are believed to share the same semantic universe that enables the god of one religion to be translated into the god of another. This is inclusive monotheism at its best, where god is one but referred to in different traditions by different names. And so, the prayer is addressed to Allah, Ishwar, and implicitly to the god of every religion. With men spewing venom, not satisfied with fighting a war with their own fellow countrymen, itching to go to war with others, nothing (empathy, reason, dialogue) seems to work. Helpless spectators, no longer in control of their collective life, in sight of a looming disaster on the horizon, often break into a prayer. What else can those stripped of agency do but hope that somehow good sense may prevail, that all of us be delivered from the collective insanity that shows no sign of loosening its grip? Thus, those who believe in one god, invoke him; those who believe in gods and goddesses, invoke them; and those who believe in neither, hope for some good fortune to fall in their lap! This is why this is a prayer for our times: we offer this prayer to you, Allah to some, Ishwar to others, that you miraculously bring an end to needless killings, wisdom and conscience to the rich and powerful, and peace and good sense to everyone. Nasty side... JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 2019 The death... with respect to the sentencing scheme laid out in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, Justice Sinha opined thatbachan Singh makes no distinction on the roles and responsibility of appellate courts and therefore it was incumbent upon all courts to ensure the ratio laid down in Bachan Singh was scrupulously followed, adding, if anything, inverse pyramid of responsibility is applicable in death penalty cases. Unlike Khushwinder Singh s case, in the past few months the Supreme Court has rightly considered evidence about the criminal by calling for medical records, reports of prison conduct, including poetry written by a convict post-incarceration to ascertain the appropriate sentence. This was not attempted in Singh s case. At the core of the arbitrariness in death penalty sentencing is the inconsistent approach to mitigating factors. The Supreme Court has, unfortunately, not developed any requirements that guide the collection, presentation and consideration of mitigating factors. Very often, barely any mitigating factors are presented on behalf of death row prisoners; if they are, they are of poor quality. Judges are often left only with information concerning the crime to determine the punishment. And, undoubtedly, Singh is a victim of this. He ended up being defined only by his crime with no other information about his life coming up before the judges. The quality of legal representation continues to affect the administration of the death penalty, even when cases are decided by pro-active and sensitive judges. The inconsistent and arbitrary application of the death penalty remains a matter of great concern to the judiciary. Justice Kurian Joseph s parting words inchhannu Lal Verma v. State of Chhattisgarh, calling for the gradual abolition of the death penalty, require serious introspection from the court and the body politic, and for us to recognise that the efforts to make the administration of the death penalty fairer are like chasing the wind. Our institutions may persist with attempts to tinker with the machinery of death until there is a collective realisation that the death penalty is untenable in a fair criminal justice system. Till such time, the setting of established benchmarks for practice, and a system of oversight are necessary to ensure that the quality of legal representation does not become the difference between a sentence of life and death. this. I had never heard it before. One wonders why Mountbatten, who presided over the bloody Partition and decapitation of India s northern frontier to serve the West in the emerging Cold War, embellished the truth. Speaking to Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre in 1972, Mountbatten claimed, I was always convinced East Pakistan would never work. The whole concept of two different peoples being held together over all those miles by the same religion was absolute nonsense. But West Pakistan was something else, I wanted it to work. I wanted Kashmir with them, I did not muck up my own creation (Mountbatten and Independent India, Vikas: 1998: 56) Nayar says Jinnah sowed the seeds of separation when, during his first official visit to East Pakistan, he insisted that Bengalis would have to learn Urdu, Pakistan s national language. Yet, in India, Nehru allowed Sheikh Abdullah to impose Urdu on Jammu & Kashmir, when Kashmiri has a rich literary tradition. Nayar reveals that Nehru had said, Even if Kashmir were to be handed over to Pakistan on a platter, Pakistan would think of some other way to keep its quarrel with India alive, because Kashmir is only a symptom of a disease and that disease is hatred of India. Surely Nehru realised that the object of hatred was India s Hindu majority. Though he does not say so overtly, Nayar places the burden of maintaining plurality solely on the Hindu community. His ode to Noor Jehan should have queried why famous artistes in cosmopolitan Mumbai went to Pakistan. Why, when Maharaja Hari Singh ran a secular Government, did his court artist, Malika Pukhraj, go to Pakistan? Above all, why did Saadat Hasan Manto? Death of an icon... ing a Goud Saraswat Brahmin, and further cracked the hyper-competitive Joint Entrance Examination to join the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. But once he dedicated his life to politics, he became a model politician. He still used his Scooty, eschewing official transportation, travelled economy class and remained approachable and affable. Most importantly, he did use the media to build himself up as a man of the common people because he truly was an aam aadmi. Despite being a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he had incredible popularity in a State where Roman Catholics form a significant proportion of the electorate and led the BJP to power. That was his pragmatism, a man who grew out of the RSS, became a technocrat and armed with practical logic and his love for Goan food, convinced the people that no ideology was untouchable provided it allowed common people to live and grow fairly. Despite being close to Nagpur, he went out of his way to be inclusive of minorities, tribals and OBCs. In that sense, he may have well laid the rainbow coalition template for the BJP. For the intelligentsia, which finds itself at odds with the current dispensation, he was the first IITian Chief Minister, who never changed his attire of simple bush shirt and trousers, and came much before the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Arvind Kejriwal brought in more IITians for a citizens movement. Many consider his elevation to the role of Defence Minister a reason the BJP did not do well in the last Goa Assembly polls, and in the confusion of the hung legislative Assembly, it was felt that Parrikar was the only man who could possibly lead a BJP Government. In fact, he is the reason that the party could not only consolidate itself, considering its scattered dots in the early 1990s, but could guarantee stability in a State that had become famous for its easy tradeoffs by politicians. This is already evident with the BJP compelled to create two posts of deputy Chief Ministers for holding on to its allies and not cede the turf to the Congress. Despite the first indications of suffering from a pancreatic disease, Parrikar went back to the hustle and bustle of running the small State. His tremendous work in developing a sleepy Goa and he hated susegad despite setbacks such as the mining ban, has propelled it forward as an industrial and tourism powerhouse. In the past few years, despite knowing that he almost certainly had a terminal disease, he kept working, swearing to the people of Goa that he would serve them till his last breath, and he fulfilled his oath. The building of the impressive Atal Setu over the Mapusa river outside Panjim after several years as well as the massive highway projects that will connect the small State, that is still hobbled by small, narrow roads, will always be his legacy. Unfortunately he could not stay for the new airport being built in Mopa to be inaugurated. This newspaper suggests that the new airport that should be opened within the next two years be named after Manohar Parrikar as a tribute to

$8 Christchurch, Mar 19 The bodies of six of the Christchurch massacre victims have been released to their families, New Zealand police said Tuesday, but they warned only a fraction of the 50 people$ Muslims whose loved ones were gunned down by an Australian white supremacist at two mosques last Friday have had their grief compounded by the failure of the authorities to return bodies to families

Muslims whose loved ones were gunned down by an Australian white supremacist at two mosques last Friday have had their grief compounded by the failure of the authorities to return bodies to families

"We are doing all we can to undertake this work as quickly as possible and return the victims to their loved ones," a police statement "While identification may seem straightforward the reality is

8 8 Christchurch, Mar 19 The bodies of six of the Christchurch massacre victims have been released to their families, New Zealand police said Tuesday, but they warned only a fraction of the 50 people killed had been fully identified, with the delay angering anguished relatives. Muslims whose loved ones were gunned down by an Australian white supremacist at two mosques last Friday have had their grief compounded by the failure of the authorities to return bodies to families in time for a speedy burial, as required under Islamic custom. Police in Christchurch said only 12 of the 50 victims had been identified, and appeared to warn next of kin to brace for further delays. "We are doing all we can to undertake this work as quickly as possible and return the victims to their loved ones," a police statement "While identification may seem straightforward the reality is much more complex, particularly in a situation like this." Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed on Tuesday that gunman Brenton Tarrant would face the "full force of the law" as she opened a sombre session of parliament with an evocative "as-salaam alaikum" message of peace to Muslims. But the black-clad Ardern pledged to grieving Kiwis that she would deprive the 28-year-old gunman of the publicity he craved by never uttering his name. "That is why you will never hear me mention his name. He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist. But he will, when I speak, be nameless," she told assembled lawmakers. "I implore you: Speak the names of those who were lost rather than the name of the man who took them." The 38- year-old leader closed by noting that Friday marks a week since the attack, and urged New Zealanders to grieve along with them. "Wa alaikum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh," she But the forensic delays are casting a cloud over New Zealand's handling of the horrific ordeal. Dozens of relatives of the deceased have already begun arriving from around the world ahead of expected funerals which have already been delayed far beyond the 24 hours after death usually observed under Islam. Peter Elms of New Zealand's immigration department said 65 visas had been granted for overseas family members so far. Christchurch police said post-mortems had been completed on all 50 victims. But only 12 had been "identified to the satisfaction of the coroner" nearly a week after the rampage. Javed Dadabhai, who travelled from Auckland to help bury his cousin, said families and volunteers had been warned of a slow process. "The majority of people still have not had the opportunity to see their family members," he told AFP. Mohamed Safi, 23, whose father Matiullah Safi died in Al Noor mosque, pleaded for world NZ returns first shooting dead after delay angers families Karachi, officials to let him identify his father and set a date for his burial. "There's nothing they are offering," Safi, an Afghan refugee, said outside a family support centre. "They are just saying they are doing their procedures, they are doing their process. But what process? Why do I not know what you are going through to identify the body... Why am I not contacted as an immediate family member?" In a rambling manifesto, the gunman had said he was motivated partly by a desire to stoke a violent response from Muslims and a religious war between Islam and the West. The Islamic State group, in a message on social media, appeared to encourage retaliatory attacks. "The scenes of killing in the two mosques... incite members of the caliphate living there to avenge their religion and the children of the umma (Muslims) who were are being slaughtered in all corners of the earth with the sponsorship and blessing of the Crusader countries," it Following the mass shooting, Ardern has promised to reform New Zealand laws that allowed the gunman to legally purchase weapons used in the attack. New Zealanders have already begun answering government appeals to hand in their weapons, including John Hart, a farmer in the North Island district of Masterton. Hart said it was an easy decision for him to hand in his semi-automatic and tweeted: "on the farm they are a useful tool in some circumstances, but my convenience doesn't outweigh the risk of misuse. We don't need these in our country." The tweet drew a barrage of derogatory messages to his Facebook account -- most apparently from the US, where the pro-gun lobby is powerful. Ardern has said details of the proposed reform will be announced by next week, but she indicated they could include gun buybacks and a ban on some semi-automatic rifles. Mar 19 Restrictions over large swathes of Pakistani airspace continued to affect numerous flight routes, officials said Tuesday, weeks after clashes between Pakistan and India brought the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war. The continued constraints come weeks after Pakistani authorities said they had fully reopened the country's airspace after it was closed for days following clashes and aerial dogfights between the two countries late last month. "All entry and exit points to and from India remain closed," a senior Pakistan official told AFP on the condition of anonymity, saying the decision to keep portions of the country's airspace closed was reviewed daily by authorities. The closure of large swathes of the eastern airspace effectively shuts off major international flight routes in and out of Islamabad and Lahore along with select domestic routes. "At least seven domestic and four international destinations are suspended," Pakistan International Airlines spokesman Mashud Tajwar JAMMU WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019 Pakistani airspace restrictions keep routes closed, carriers off balance The national carrier's operations to India, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur have all been suspended for nearly a month causing heavy losses to the already struggling airline. "We can't give an off-hand estimates of the losses but yes the losses have been occurring for sure," Tajwar told AFP. Aviation experts said the ongoing restrictions have also affected Indian flights headed west over Pakistan. "Indian airlines are suffering much more compared to Pakistan because their westward operations are much bigger," said Sajid Habib, a former chief of state-run Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Information from online flight tracker flightradar24 showed no flights along the border between the two countries. The crisis between the countries was first sparked by a suicide bombing in Kashmir last month that killed 40 Indian security personnel and was later claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad. Days later India responded with a cross-border air raid on Pakistan that kicked off a quick succession of attacks and dogfights between the arch-rivals. Indian-origin Sandrasegara named CEO of Singapore investment arm Singapore, Mar 19 (PTI) Karachi, Mar 19 (PTI) Indian-origin Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara will be appointed as the CEO of a wholly-owned management and investment arm of state investor Temasek Holdings in Singapore from April 1. Sandrasegara, 55, will take over from Lee Theng Kiat, who will become the chairman next month, the firm said in a statement. Currently, Lee is the CEO of Temasek International, a whollyowned management and investment arm of Temasek Holdings, the lead investor of Singapore. Lee will take over from Ho Ching, the wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as chairman of Temasek International, the firm said in a statement. The management change announcement was made by 65-yearold Lee at a staff briefing, according to a Channel News Asia report. "We have been working for some time to build a strong leadership bench in Temasek, and I know Sandrasegara will bring his vision and passion for our mission to his new role," he "Sandrasegara has the ability to connect the dots, a keen eye for details and practical solutions, and a boldness to break new ground in anticipation of longer term trends. "He also has the support of his peers and colleagues to take the lead and reshape Temasek to be more ready to invest into a better, smarter and more connected world, and in a new environment with cyber threats and technological opportunities," elaborated Lee. Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Tuesday demand the sacking of three ministers in the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government who he said backed "banned outfits" and their training camps, even as the ruling PTI accused him of portraying the country in a "negative light". Bilawal, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been pressing the government of Prime Minister Khan to dismiss the ministers who backed terror outfits amidst intense international pressure on Pakistan to rein in the militant outfits operating in the country after the Pulwama terror strike. Bilawal said he had been declared "anti-state" over his demand to sack the three ministers, whom he said, were associated with the banned outfits. The 30- year-old opposition leader has not yet named the three ministers. "The government has responded to my demand to sack ministers associated with banned outfits by declaring me anti-state, issuing death threats & National Accountability Bureau (NAB) notices. "None of this deters us from our principle stand; form joint NSC parliamentary committee & act against banned outfits," he tweeted. Students lay flowers near the site of a shooting incident in a tram in Utrecht, Netherlands. Sack 3 ministers in Imran Khan''s govt for supporting banned outfits: Bilawal "I demand a joint parliamentary committee for implementation of National Action Plan and removal of all three federal ministers for their connection with the extremist organisations. If our demands are not met we would not support the government over any move," said Bilawal. The three federal ministers are "hands-in-glove" with the terrorists. I don't want to disclose their names, but will do so if Physicist Marcelo Gleiser: 'Science does not kill God' Washington, Mar 19 The annual Templeton Prize, which recognises outstanding contributions to "affirming life's spiritual dimension," was awarded Tuesday to Brazilian Marcelo Gleiser - a theoretical physicist dedicated to demonstrating science and religion are not enemies. A physics and astronomy professor whose specialisations include cosmology, 60-year-old Gleiser was born in Rio de Janeiro, and has been in the United States since agnostic, he doesn't believe in God - but refuses to write off the possibility of God's existence completely. "Atheism is inconsistent with the scientific method," Gleiser told AFP Monday from Dartmouth College, the New Hampshire university where he has taught since "Atheism is a belief in non-belief. So you categorically deny something you have no evidence against." "I'll keep an open mind because I understand that human knowledge is limited," he added. The prize is funded by the John Templeton Foundation - a philanthropic organisation named after the American Presbyterian who made his fortune on Wall Street, and who set on "seeking proofs of divine agency in every branch of science", as The Economist put it. Gleiser joins Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and dissident Soviet author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as recipients of the prize, first awarded in At USD 1.5 million, the prize money well surpasses that of the Nobels. The physicist focuses on at making complex subjects accessible. He has written on climate change, Einstein, hurricanes, black holes, the human conscience - tracing the links between the sciences and the humanities, including philosophy. The author of five English-language books and hundreds of blog and press articles in the US and Brazil, Gleiser has also explored in depth how science and religion both try to respond to questions on the origins of life and the universe. "The first thing you see in the Bible is a story of creation," he Whatever your religion, "everybody wants to know how the world came to be." This fundamental curiosity unites science and religion, though each provides very different answers: science has a methodology, where hypotheses are eliminated. "Science can give answers to certain questions, up to a point," the government fails to take action against them," he said last Thursday. During the weekend, Bilawal raised the issue while addressing the PPP's Sindh leaders while chairing the party's provincial council meeting. He demanded the removal of three federal ministers for their alleged connections with the banned outfits and accused Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of winning general elections in 2018 with the help of proscribed organisations. He warned the government that it will not get any support from the PPP on any move if it did not take serious action against such elements within its ranks and implement the National Action Plan (NAP) with true spirit. On Tuesday, PTI leaders hit back at Bilawal after he again demanded sacking of the ministers who he claimed were associated london, Mar 19 (PTI) In a fresh blow to embattled Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit, House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, in a surprise move, disallowed any attempt to hold a third vote on her withdrawal deal with the EU which has already been rejected by MPs twice. Prime Minister May will meet her Cabinet later as she considers her next steps on quitting the European Union, after her plans were thrown into doubt by Speaker Bercow. May had been considering a third vote on her Brexit deal, which has already been rejected twice with the banned outfits. PTI Senator Faisal Javed, reacting to the allegations, said Bilawal was "busy in portraying Pakistan in a negative light". "Bilawal should be ashamed of trying to please anti-pakistan elements. He should tell the nation whose language he has been speaking," he "Pakistan has emerged as a symbol of peace for the world," Javed claimed. Finance Minister Asad Umar, when asked by a reporter what he thought of the allegations, said that the parties that supported him during election campaigns "have themselves been victims of terrorism as well." "There has been a policy of making excuses for a long time now... If he [Bilawal] doesn't believe in this policy then he should change it," the close aide of Prime Minister Khan was quoted as saying by Geo News. in the House. Bercow, in a surprise move, ruled on Monday that he would not allow another vote on the government motion if it remained "substantially the same" after it was defeated by a huge 230-vote margin in January and a Qureshi hails China's support to Pak in challenging times Beijing, Mar 19 (PTI) Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday hailed China's support to his country in the challenging times and said Islamabad was committed to the expeditious implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Qureshi also appreciated the Chinese stand that there should be no double standards in combating terrorism as he thanked Beijing for its support to Pakistan in international fora on the issue of tackling the menace. He made the remarks during the first-ever China-Pakistan Foreign Ministerlevel strategic dialogue, which was attended by his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. In his opening remarks, Qureshi acknowledged that China has been "helpful in these challenging times for Pakistan", in an apparent reference to the multi-billion dollar Chinese financial assistance to Pakistan, which is going through a "low point", to minimise its dependence on an IMF bailout package. "The Chinese government was very generous in supporting Pakistan. We had good discussions...we are committed to expeditious implementation of CPEC," Qureshi The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Balochistan with China's Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). "There is a national consensus that this project is not simply beneficial to Pakistan and China but also the entire region and has a far reaching impact," he "Obviously, our leaders have set huge agenda for us and they have entrusted us to implement their vision and that we intend to do," Qureshi said as he informed his Chinese counterpart about Prime Minister Imran Khan's desire to attend the 2nd Belt and Road Forum in Beijing next month. China will host a second global meeting on its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing in April. The BRI includes USD 60-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor which India opposes as it traverses through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The US, India and several other countries have raised concerns over the BRI as China doled out huge loans to smaller countries for infrastructure projects without taking into consideration their ability to pay back the money. UK Speaker rules out 3rd vote on PM May's Brexit deal smaller 149-vote margin last week. He said parliamentary conventions dating back to 1604 meant MPs could not be asked to vote on precisely the same subject twice, indicating that he had allowed the second vote as the government had claimed some changes to the controversial Irish backstop clause offered an improved deal for Britain's exit from the 28- member European Union on March 29. "It is a necessary rule to ensure the sensible use of the House's time and the proper respect for the decisions which it takes," he "If the government was to bring forward a new proposition that is neither the same, nor substantially the same as disposed of by March 10, this would be entirely in order," he said, adding that the new motion could not be "the same proposition or substantially the same proposition".

C Y M K 9 New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) Ricky Ponting Tuesday unequivocally backed Rishabh Pant for the number four slot in India's World Cup line-up and even saw him as one capable of winning the

With little over two months to go for the World Cup and the number four batsman yet to be decided, it could now boil down to performance in the Indian Premier League, according to Ganguly.

"The first thing I would do is pick him in that Indian squad for the World Cup, I would play him as a batter, I would play him at number four.

has to go up, we have seen the best in world do that. If you send Rishabh at number four, he will score runs for you because he is so talented, he has got so much time to play.

" Pant had a terrific start to his Test career, becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in England and Australia, but there is a perception that he hasn't showed the temperament or

9 C Y M K 9 New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) Ricky Ponting Tuesday unequivocally backed Rishabh Pant for the number four slot in India's World Cup line-up and even saw him as one capable of winning the tournament. Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly marked the young wicketkeeper-batsman as one for the future, calling him a "huge asset". With little over two months to go for the World Cup and the number four batsman yet to be decided, it could now boil down to performance in the Indian Premier League, according to Ganguly. But Ponting, a two-time World Cup winning Australian captain, left nothing to doubt when discussions turned to Pant. "The first thing I would do is pick him in that Indian squad for the World Cup, I would play him as a batter, I would play him at number four. He is the sort of guy, with that kind of talent, he can win you a World Cup, he has just got that x- factor," Ponting Ganguly added, "Anybody who wants to succeed in shorter formats of the game he has to go up, we have seen the best in world do that. If you send Rishabh at number four, he will score runs for you because he is so talented, he has got so much time to play. "In his short career he has been remarkable for India and once he starts getting opportunity consistently, he will be a top player." Pant had a terrific start to his Test career, becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in England and Australia, but there is a perception that he hasn't showed the temperament or tasted as much success in the shorter formats. During an interaction organised by the Delhi Capitals, Ganguly didn't agree with the viewpoint. "Look at the way he played in the IPL last year, he got a full tournament, 14 games, and he was probably the second highest run-getter in the IPL last year. "The problem with him in shorter formats is that he doesn't get regular cricket because you have a champion in MS Dhoni who actually plays most of the shorter formats, so Rishabh is coming in and going out all the time and that's SpOrtS Ponting backs Rishabh to bat at No.4, Ganguly terms him 'huge asset' never good for anybody, however quality a player you are," Ganguly Pant's exploits with the willow has the taken the cricket world by storm in recent months. Ganguly said, "The reason he succeeds in Test cricket is because he plays consistently. How many Indian wicketkeeper-batsmen have got Test hundreds in England and Australia, and he scored them at ease. It's not that he struggled, it's not that he looked out of place against fast bowling. "For me, he is your future. For the next 10 years, you will see that boy a lot in all formats of the game and not because he plays for Delhi, he can play for anyone he wants to." Pant will be eyeing a successful IPL with the rechristened Delhi Capitals. "Just the serious talent he is, he is a hard worker, I have been watching him at nets for the last four years, he is always the first one to come out and bat for longer periods. He will be huge asset to Indian cricket in the years to come," said Ganguly. New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) Arjun Tendulkar already knows the pressures of having a famous surname but Sachin Tendulkar wants his budding cricketer son to find "reasons to wake up every morning and chase his dreams" irrespective of the circumstances. Arjun, a left-arm fast bowler, played two U-19 Tests for India last year and has been followed closely since the time he made his Mumbai U-19 debut. With the second edition of 'T20 Mumbai' set to be his first senior appearance, the legendary father knows very well that his son's performance would be watched. Asked if T20s are a good way to start at the senior level compared to the traditional days format, Tendulkar said it's an opportunity that Arjun needs to grab. "In sports, nothing is guaranteed so whatever opportunities you are provided, you need to go out there and give your best and make the most of it," Tendulkar Senior, who has refrained from commenting on his son's journey, told PTI in an interview. "This is one platform that I feel people will be following you, your performances JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 2019 Arjun should find reason to wake up every morning and chase his dreams: Sachin Tendulkar and if you are doing well, you will be on top of the world," he added. However, if he doesn't get success, there is always a tomorrow and Arjun can comeback stronger, feels Tendulkar. "As long as he continues to be passionate about cricket and in love with the game, that's what matters to me. There are going to be highs and lows and he should find reasons to wake up in the morning and chase his dreams. His dream is to play cricket and do something special," Tendulkar Tendulkar's father, famous Marathi poet and Professor Ramesh Tendulkar, had a huge impact on the legendary batsman's thought process. Workload management: Rohit, Zaheer tell players to 'listen' to their bodies Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI) Offering an advice to the World Cup-bound India players living out of their suitcase for months, opener Rohit Sharma and former pace spearhead Zaheer Khan Tuesday said: "listen to your body". The suggestion came amid a debate around the workload management of players, now gearing up for a gruelling Indian Premier League, which will end barely days before the ICC showpiece begins in the United Kingdom on May 30. "It's going to be challenging as always. We have been on the road for last three or four years. We have played a lot of back to back cricket. It depends on individuals. You should always listen to your body," Rohit Rohit is leading the Mumbai Indians in the IPL with Zaheer being the team's Director of cricket operations. "Yes, the World Cup is our priority. The IPL is also one of the biggest tournaments in the world. That is our priority as well. Keeping everything in mind we would take a decision collectively (on workload factor) on each individual," the swashbuckling batsman Zaheer felt that it was up to the individuals to listen to their bodies as far as workload was concerned. KAThUA, March 19: "I have always felt it's an individual call. You have to listen to body and respond. I think we all recognise how important the World Cup is as a tournament and we also understand what the IPL brings to the table - match practice and intensity. "You don't want a lay-off for a long time for any cricketer. He needs to be in touch and dealing with pressure. That is also going to be a huge factor in the World Cup. We understand all that and steps will be taken," the former India pacer Zaheer said no player should play in the IPL thinking what could happen if he gets injured ahead of the World Cup. "There has been a lot of talk about workload. You have to trust each and every member of the World Cup squad. We don't want them to play in the tournament thinking 'if I give 100 per cent I may get injured and be blamed for it'. We need to take that pressure away from them. "Playing more and more matches has always worked for me. We all need to make peace with the workload talk and the World Cup talk. We understand how important it is and, at the same, time need to create a scenario where everyone is trusting them," Zaheer Rohit added, "Some of the players that I have spoken to in the Indian team and here, like to keep in touch, Shivalik Heights Club Hiranagar bagged the title trophy in the two-day District Kathua Korfball Championship which was organised by the Kathua Korfball Association at Shivali Heights Public School Gurah Mundian, here. In the final, Shivalik Club defeated hosts Shivalik Heights School 5-3 to claim the title trophy. Kartik Sharma and Narayan Sharma played an outstanding game and contributed two goals each from the winning team. Paras Munda (two) and Raghav Khajuria (one) were the scorers from runners-up, Shivalik Heights. Third place went to Unique Public Higher Secondary School Chadwal, who beat Vidya Bharti High School Hiranagar 3-1 in the hardliner. Navneet Singh, Arun Kumar and Shamli Sharma were the scorers from winning side while Vasu Sharma reduced the margin from Vidya Bharti School. Event officiated by the technical penal including Sukhwant Singh and Sanjay Kumar. In the final, DySP Border, Ravinder Singh and Raj Kumar Sharma were special guests, who presented winners and runners-up trophies. Ganesh Sharma (ZPEO Sallan) and Kant Kumar (social worker) were guests of honour. The competition held under the supervision of general secretary of the district association, Madan Lal. Among others present they like to keep playing. They are smart, they know when they need to take a back seat and rest. Rohit said he will open in all the games of Mumbai Indians this season, having batted at number four in a lot of games last season. "In the past, I have batted in the middle order and opened also in a few games. This year I will open the batting in all the games, that's for sure," said Rohit ahead of MI's season opener here on March 24. "Yes, the World Cup is one of the factors, but also while keeping in mind that this is where I bat for india and that's where I have got a lot of my success of late," he Rohit said he has the freedom to take the decision to bat at the top as he has an experienced match-winner like Yuvraj Singh to play the role he had played in the previous seasons. According to the MI skipper, there is also Siddesh Lad, a consistent scorer for Mumbai in domestic cricket, to fill in the number four slot. Zaheer felt that IPL form would count towards selection for a few slots in India's World Cup squad. "Look at the past. Has IPL helped Indian selectors in identifying players. The answer is - yes. Has someone been picked on IPL performance - the answer is again yes. I am sure the form in IPL will matter for grabbing those available spots," he Deal signed to host T10 league for five years in Abu Dhabi Dubai, Mar 19 (PTI) The Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi will be the new home of T10 cricket for the next five years, starting with the 2019 season. Abu Dhabi Cricket (ADC), in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC) and the Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), has signed a five-year agreement with the organizers of the T10 Cricket League. The shortest form of the game will now be played exclusively at Zayed Cricket Stadium. To announce the arrival of the new partnership, a T10 match was organised on the seafront of Abu Dhabi's iconic Corniche, with T10 aces Colin Ingram, Andre Fletcher and Luke Ronchi having a bat on the beach. Saif Saeed Ghobash, Undersecretary of DCT Abu Dhabi, said: "Our city is a major global hub with a huge variety of attractions that cater to people of all ages and backgrounds, and the T10 tournament's presence the city for the next five years represents an exciting opportunity to attract even more visitors from around the globe, especially those from India who represent one of DCT Abu Dhabi's key markets." "T10 is fast, punchy, exciting cricket, making it perfect viewing for those of us living in the UAE,". Shivalik Club Hiranagar wins in Kathua Korfball Teams playing in the final pose with special guests at gurah Mundian in Kathua. were Parshotam Kumar (Principal of Unique Public HSS School Chadwal), Shanti Swaroop, Arun Sharma, Bodh Raj Sharma, Varun sharma, Pooja pathania, Saroj Sharma and Veena Sharma. Chairman of the host school, Yog Raj Sharma presented vote of thanks. Argentina's national soccer players, including lionel Messi left, during a training session in Madrid, Spain. Argentina will play a friendly soccer match against venezuela on friday. Kohli not shrewd franchise skipper, can't be compared to Dhoni, Rohit: Gambhir New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) Virat Kohli is not a "shrewd captain" who could be compared to his national team deputy Rohit Sharma or former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who have won three IPL titles each, feels former KKR captain Gautam Gambhir. The former India opener, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL trophies in 2012 and 2014, feels that in result oriented franchise environment, Kohli has been "lucky" to have survived despite Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) never winning the coveted title in his eight years as skipper. "I don't see him as a shrewd captain. I don't see him as a tactful captain (tactician). KV Chenani wins Udhampur Korfball title jammu, March 19: Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) Chenani won the District Udhampur Korfball Championship which held under the banner of J&K Korfball Association at KV Chenani campus today. In the title clash, KV Chenani defeated Chenani Sports 7-4 to win the maiden district title. In all, six teams championship on knockout basis. Principal KV Chenani, Dr Bala Ram Parmar was chief guest, who distributed prizes among the winners and runners-up teams. He praised the Korfball Association for introducing the game in the district thus providing an opportunity to the young talent to perform and excel. And he hasn't won the IPL. So ultimately, a captain is only as good as his record," Gambhir told on host broadcasters' 'Star Sports' show 'GamePlan'. Gambhir's comments is specific to Kohli's success as a leader in IPL since he is the first captain who has led India to a Test series win on Australian soil. "There are people who have won the trophy three times. MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma. So I think he has a long way to go. You cannot compare him to someone like Rohit or Dhoni at this stage," Gambhir "He has been a part of RCB, and captaining RCB for the last seven to eight years, and he has been very lucky and should be thanking the franchise that they stuck with him. Because not Girls sports meet begins at Poonch Participants of girls sports meet pose with DDC Poonch on Tuesday. PooNCh, March 19: many captains have got such a long rope where they haven't won a tournament," said Gambhir, who had to part ways with KKR in 2018 after seven long years and two titles. Gambhir's last IPL season was with Delhi Daredevils where he stepped down from captaincy midway after his run in the tournament went from bad to worse. However, another former skipper Sourav Ganguly, who had a tumultuous time as KKR captain, felt that there should be no questions about Kohli's captaincy. "If you talk about Virat Kohli and keeping him as a captain, just look at what he has done. What he has done with the bat in every format of the game. Absolute champion. Rajasthan Royals launches Academy in England New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals has tied up with the Star Cricket Academy in Surrey, England to re-launch the facility as the 'Rajasthan Royals Academy'. The centre has a state-of-the-art cricket centre named the Jarrett Centre, RR said in a press release. It is an indoor cricket training centre run by former professional batsman Siddharth Lahiri, along with his team of coaches including former England international and mentor to the academy, Keith Medlycott. Speaking ahead of the launch of the academy, RR's England player Jos Buttker said, "I am delighted that Rajasthan Royals are launching an academy in the UK. Organised by ICDS Department Poonch in collaboration with Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS), a district level girls sports meet got underway here today. The event was which declared open by District Development Commissioner (DDC) Pooch shall involve around 100 girls in three different events of Volleyball, Tug of War and Athletics. Speaking on the occasion, the DDC highlighted the role of girls in the society and asked the them to take part in the sports and games in a big way to as to remain mentally and physically healthy. The event is being organised under the banner of beeti bachao Beeti padhao scheme. International spiker and SVEEPS sports icon, Saqlain Tariq was attraction of the day. Project Officer Poonch, Jahangir Khan delivered the words of thanks. Among others present were district officer (DYSS), Kasturi Lal, Pardeep Khanna, Mohd Tariq and Parvez Afridi.

10 Priyanka Chopra feels privileged to join Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep on 50 most powerful women list ENtErtaiNmENt Vivek Oberoi starrer PM Narendra Modi release preponed to April 5 JAMMU WEDNESDAY

The actress is doing complete justice to her global icon label and the latest addition to her stature is featuring in the USA Today's power icons list of 50 most powerful women in entertainment.

Talking about this international appreciation, Priyanka was quoted in Hindustan Times, For me, power is simply an energy that empowers me to do what I love.

I feel privileged to share this platform with these amazing women who have each pushed through their own challenges and created their own realities and today stand shoulders above everyone in their

Priyanka Chopra has become a regular on International power lists, the Baywatch actress features on the Forbes 100 most powerful women s list in 2018 and Variety s 500 Most Influential people in

The actress will return to Hindi cinema with Shonali Bose directed The Sky is Pink, with Farhan Akhtar and Zara Wasim.

The actress is reading several scripts and is apparently planning to work next with Sanjay Leela Bhansali or Vishal Bharadwaj.

10 10 Priyanka Chopra feels privileged to join Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep on 50 most powerful women list ENtErtaiNmENt Vivek Oberoi starrer PM Narendra Modi release preponed to April 5 JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 2019 Akshay Kumar on Kesari: I hope it will be added in the school syllabus Priyanka Chopra is earning her stripes and how! The actress is doing complete justice to her global icon label and the latest addition to her stature is featuring in the USA Today's power icons list of 50 most powerful women in entertainment. With this feat, Priyanka will now rub shoulders with the likes of Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce, Ellen De Generes, Jennifer Lawrence, Tina Fey, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Talking about this international appreciation, Priyanka was quoted in Hindustan Times, For me, power is simply an energy that empowers me to do what I love. It s the ability to open doors, and turn my dreams into a reality of what I was destined to do. I feel privileged to share this platform with these amazing women who have each pushed through their own challenges and created their own realities and today stand shoulders above everyone in their chosen careers. It does give one a feeling of achievement. Priyanka Chopra has become a regular on International power lists, the Baywatch actress features on the Forbes 100 most powerful women s list in 2018 and Variety s 500 Most Influential people in Entertainment list in December Priyanka Chopra is in a great space with her profession, as the actress has big Bollywood and Hollywood plans in the works. The actress will return to Hindi cinema with Shonali Bose directed The Sky is Pink, with Farhan Akhtar and Zara Wasim. Rumours are also rife that Priyanka Chopra is in talks with several filmmaker for her next big Bollywood move. The actress is reading several scripts and is apparently planning to work next with Sanjay Leela Bhansali or Vishal Bharadwaj. Not leaving aside her Hollywood aspirations, Priyanka is also producing a film, based on the life of Ma Anand Sheela. It will be her fourth Hollywood film and will be directed by Oscar-winner director, Barry Levinson. Madhuri Dixit constantly instructed Alia Bhatt as she shot for Ghar More Pardesiya and we totally adore her expertise Sonakshi Sinha and Notebook actor Zaheer Iqbal's budding friendship Kalank actress Sonakshi Sinha has found a new friend in Notebook actor Zahir Iqbal and the two are hanging out with each other often. As the actor gears up for his debut in Bollywood with Notebook, the buzz about the friendship between these two has become the talk of the town. Both these actors are part of Salman Khan's inner circle of friends and hence have known to each other for a long time. However their friendship started budding recently, with frequent outings. "Their friends are aware of the development and are happy for them," a source close to Sonakshi and Zaheer was quoted in Mumbai Mirror. Well, one PM Narendra Modi, being directed by National Award-winner Omung Kumar B, which was scheduled to release on April 12, will now open on April 5. The film will also release in Tamil and Telugu, read a statement. Producer Sandip Ssingh said, "We are bringing this film a week early on public demand. There is a lot of love and anticipation among the people and we don't want them to wait longer. This is a story of 1.3 billion people and I can't wait to show it to them." PM Narendra Modi will navigate the journey of Narendra Modi from his humble beginnings to becoming the Prime Minister of India. The makers unveiled the first look and poster of the film in January in 23 languages. Ssingh is producer, creative director of the film and the story is also by Ssingh. It is also produced by Suresh Oberoi and Anand Pandit. Actor Vivek Anand Oberoi is playing the title role of Modi. It also stars Boman Irani, Rajendra Gupta, Yatin Karyekar, Prashant Narayanan, Zarina Wahab and Manoj Joshi. Dharma Productions' magnum opus Kalank's first song was revealed yesterday and has found many fans. Ghar More Pardesiya is a semiclassical number featuring Alia Bhatt's performance alongside Madhuri Dixit. And while every Bollywood buff was expecting a dance face-off in the song, remember Madhuri's iconic act in Dola Re Dola and Badi Mushkil, Ghar More Pardesiya emerged as a lyrical jugalbandi. The 26-year-old wore a flamboyant white dress in the song and while talking to a daily, Alia revealed that the biggest stress for her performance was if she was going to be pitted against Madhuri in the song. Alia was quoted, I was lucky that it wasn't a dance-off. Madhuri ma'am could sense my tension; she was constantly instructing me on how to conduct myself. She ensured I performed everything perfectly - from the expressions to the steps." Alia further revealed that the spins carefully choreographed in Ghar More Pardesiya were the most difficult part. "The weight of the lehenga made it difficult to spin fast. I was worried about how I had fared, but once I finished the take, Remo sir (D'Souza, choreographer]) gave me an okay. may get a feeling that soon they would be saying 'We're just good friends!'. Recently, on the actress' birthday, Zaheer Iqbal wished her in a special way giving us a hint of their growing bonding. "Sonakshi Jayanti sab ko mubarak ho? Happy Birthday Sona? Mera bus chalta toh aaj national holiday hota?[sic]" wrote Zahir on his Instagram page along with a picture. On work front, Sonakshi will next be seen in Kalank which has a stellar star cast. Besides Sonakshi, the historical drama also stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit. The teaser of the film was released recently and Bollywood fans cannot wait to watch it on big screens. From being an action hero to comedy king and now as Bollywood's poster boy of patriotism, actor Akshay Kumar says he has still many more areas to explore. "I have a long way to go. I want to do a lot and I will keep on working hard. I don't want to stop at one point or have only one kind of image. There are many images of mine which I still have to discover, Akshay told media on Monday while promoting his forthcoming film 'Kesari' here. Before 'Kesari', Akshay has tried his hand at several patriotic themes and social issues such as 'Gold', 'Rustom', 'Padman'and 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'. Asked if patriotic films or socially driven films is his current focus, Akshay says that he doesn't like to get typecast. "It all depends on the story. I am doing 'Housefull 4' and I am doing a horror comedy too..." Talking about 'Kesari", Akshay said it is a story which needs to be told. The movie is based on 1897 Battle of Saragarhi, in which 21 Sikh soldiers of the East India Company army fought 10,000 Afghan invaders. Mental Hai Kya actress Kangana Ranaut has Unique birthday plans Kangana Ranaut who is riding high on the success of Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansiwill be spending her birthday working. After playing a fierce warrior queen the actress is all set to make her fans go crazy or insane, if we may say so, with her upcoming drama film Mental Hai Kya. Unlike some who like to spend their birthdays celebrating with friends and family, the Queen actress will be on sets shooting with Rajkummar Rao. Recently, the actress flew down to attend a wellness programme which is usually carried out in silence and involves meditation and now the Queen of Bollywood is ready to bounce back to work. Kangana had earlier planned to spend her birthday with close friends and family in her hometown, Manali, but owing to multiple films which are lined up the actress will now be on sets shooting for her drama film. She then has two schedules of Ashiwiny Iyer Tiwari's Panga lined up. Apparently, the producer of the film, Ekta Kapoor has made a special request to the actress and she has agreed to shoot for a promotional campaign of Mental Hai Kya. Since the film is slated to release by the end of May, Kangana has decided to put on hold all her plans, thereby honoring her commitments. She will then resume the schedule of Panga.

11 Ravinder Raina to address 120 election rallies in Jammu region To ensure the win of Bharatiya Janata Party candidates for the Parliament election 2019, BJP State President Ravinder Raina along

BJP State President, Ravinder Raina will address more than 120 rallies in favour of party candidates in Jammu region seeking and securing votes for BJP s candidates for the Parliament elections.

11 11 Ravinder Raina to address 120 election rallies in Jammu region To ensure the win of Bharatiya Janata Party candidates for the Parliament election 2019, BJP State President Ravinder Raina along with other senior leaders from J&K BJP will address mega rallies across the Jammu region. BJP State President, Ravinder Raina will address more than 120 rallies in favour of party candidates in Jammu region seeking and securing votes for BJP s candidates for the Parliament elections. Top National leaders from BJP will also be sparing their valuable time to address the election rallies in Jammu region in connection with Parliament election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President Amit Shah, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Nirmala Sita Raman, Union Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and others will be available to campaign for the BJP candidates from both Parliament seats of Jammu region. Ravinder Raina, State President will be conducting maximum number of election rallies to seek votes for the Parliament election. During election campaign, Ravinder Raina will cover the whole of Jammu region, conducting Mandal wise rallies. Jammu region has total 37 assembly Constituencies, out of which there are 20 assembly Constituencies in Jammu-Poonch Parliament constituency and 17 assembly Constituencies are in Udhampur-Doda Parliament Constituency. Raina will be addressing election rallies in Samba, Vijaypur, Nagrota, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu East, Jammu West, Bishnah, Ranbir Singh Pura, Suchetgarh, Marh, Raipur Domana, Akhnoor, Chhamb, Nowshera, Darhal, Rajouri, Kalakot, Surankote, Mendhar, Poonch-Haveli assembly constituencies in Jammu, Poonch, Rajouri and Samba districts falling under Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency. Similarly, he will also address election rallies in Kishtwar, Inderwal, Doda, CONTD FORM PAGE 1 Pakistan India's air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot on February 26 in response to the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. The year 2018 witnessed the highest number of ceasefire violations, numbering 2,936 by Pakistani troops, in the last 15 years along the Indo-Pak border. Pakistan continues to violate the 2003 ceasefire agreement with India despite repeated calls for restraint and adherence to the pact during flag meetings between the two sides. ED ATTACHES through the hawala -- illegal way of routing money by skirting banking channels, barter trade and human carriers. "The funds are illegally distributed to the next of kin of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists, active and dead," it The US government had in August, 2017 designated Hizbul Mujahideen as 'foreign terrorist organisation'. Besides heading Hizbul Mujahideen, Salahuddin is the chairman of the United Jehad Council (UJC), a conglomerate of terrorist outfits operating in the Kashmir Valley. The NIA had arrested Salahuddin's son Syed Shahid Yousuf in this case in 2017 and the J-K government had later suspended him from service as he was working in the state agriculture department.shah and three others are lodged in the Tihar jail in the national capital in connection with this terror funding case, the ED Bhadarwah, Ramban, Banihal, Gulabgarh, Reasi, Gool Arnas, Udhampur, Chenani, Ramnagar, Bani, Basohli, Kathua, Billawar and Hira Nagar assembly constituencies in Kishtwar, Ramban, Kathua, Doda, Reasi and Udhampur districts falling under Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency. After Jammu region, the rallies in a grand way among masses will also be conducted in the regions of Kashmir and Ladakh. Ravinder Raina, while commenting on mega election rallies, said that BJP is the voice of common masses today. And this time, BJP will secure more votes in its kitty than earlier. He said that BJP is progressing with a mega plan for securing good number of seats in the J&K state and it will contribute in a big way to strengthen the hands of Modi ji. He termed these rallies to be medium of mass contact for mass mobilization. He said that he will also encourage the public to participate in maximum numbers in the Parliament election to celebrate this election as festival. Raina also disclosed that in every Assembly Constituency, he will address minimum of 3 to 4 election rallies to boost the energy level of ground level BJP workers and to connect with the masses. Ravinder Raina, today started the election campaign from Nadd region in Samba district, addressing the first rally to gain the mass support in favour of BJP s Parliament candidate. Dr. Davinder Manyal, Dr. Suresh Ajay Magotra, Rashpal Verma, Jangbir Singh, also accompanied State President Ravinder Raina during rally. Govt urged to settle bills of consumers through amnesty scheme : Yudhvir Sethi Bhartiya Janata Party General State Secretary Yudhvir Sethi today asked Power Development Department (PDD) to stop harassing consumers and start issuing bills and also making recoveries well in time. He said laxity on the part of PDD officials create liabilities and later consumers are harassed by disconnecting their power connections. Yudhvir Sethi was speaking after meeting a delegation of businessmen of Gummat and Jewel Chowk where PDD officials last week had cut connections of several establishments whose bills were pending. Yudhvir Sethi said that like telephone and cable connections electricity bills should be generated well in time and if not paid by the consumers connections cut at that very month only under rules. Since, pendencies are created and huge arrears compiled it becomes impossible for consumers especially shopkeepers to pay that. He assured the delegation that their issues will be taken up with administration. He said earlier also he had led a delegation to Governor wherein it was pleaded to wave off interests so that consumers could pay their arrears as one time settlement. Yudhvir Sethi said that PDD should stop harassing shopkeepers, Consumers and traders and not serve them exaggerated power bills. He said as discussed earlier the department must hold a meeting with affected bazars shopkeepers and waive off their interest so that they are able to pay their principal amount against the electricity used and settle all claims once for all. School news of Pandit's death reached, police officials They said angry protestors pelted stones at law enforcing personnel, who fired tear gas shells to bring the situation under control. The clashes between the protestors and security personnel were going on when reports last came in, the officials said, adding that no casualty has been reported. The teacher's death in police custody was condemned by several politicians who demanded a timebound probe into the matter and punishment to the guilty. "I had hoped custodial deaths were a thing of our dark past. This is an unacceptable development & must be investigated in a transparent, time bound manner. "Exemplary punishment must be handed out to the killers of this young man," National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah tweeted. He also hit out at the previous PDP-BJP coalition government in the state and the Centre for the present situation. "Midnight raids, crackdowns, rampant arrests, custodial murders, denial of democratic right to choose a government. Kashmir continues to suffer the fallout of the disastrous PDP-BJP alliance and from the Modi government's muscular approach to J&K," the NC leader PDP president Mehbooba Mufti also hit out at the Centre saying its "repressive approach" has left young educated men vulnerable. "Innocent men hauled up from their homes for interrogation return home only in coffins now. GoI's repressive approach leaves young educated men vulnerable who are forced to take up arms. Stop using Kashmir to exhibit your sick chauvinistic nationalism. We have suffered enough," she PDP leader Naeem Akhtar asked Governor Satya Pal Malik's administration to come clean on the incident. "Disturbing reports of custodial death of youth from Awantipora in Srinagar's Cargo Camp. As per media he was picked up by NIA few days ago & was lodged in CARGO camp of administration should come clean on this," Akhtar, a former minister, tweeted. People's Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone also condemned the custodial death. "Condemn in strongest terms the death in police custody in Srinagar. This is what the sanctity of human life has been reduced to in Kashmir. My thoughts are with the family of the deceased," he CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami, former PDP leader Altaf Bukhari and ex-ias officer Shah Faesal have also condemned the custodial death of the teacher. PTI MIJ GST get time," Revenue Secretary A B Pandey told reporters after the 34th meeting of the GST Council here. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley chaired the meeting with state finance ministers via video conferencing. On the time-frame for transition, Pandey pointed out that the council has agreed on providing a reasonable time to developers. The matter would be decided in a next few days in consultation with the states, he said, adding that it could be 15 days or one month. Pandey further said that the decision will help the builders in clearing inventories. "This go-ahead by the GST Council brings quite a relief for this sector in handling transition issues in specific," EY India Partner Abhishek Jain For upcoming projects, reduced rates of 5 per cent and 1 per cent will be applicable beginning April 1. On the next GST Council meeting, the Revenue Secretary said that is unlikely till the election process is over. He, however, said that if any emergent situation arises then a meeting could be called with the permission of the Election Commission. On apprehensions being raised on possible price rise due to new tax structure, the secretary said if prices escalate, the National Anti-profiteering Authority will look into it and take an appropriate action. Deloitte India Partner M S Mani said the pragmatic move to segregate under construction projects from new projects would provide relief to builders who were worried about the loss of input tax credit. "This would also enable them to price the loss of input tax credits in the new projects. Reversal of Input tax credit on a proportionate basis would entail significant computational issues for builders as each project would be in various stages of construction and have differing pre and post completion sale patterns," Mani NC Fields parliamentary constituency," NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar told reporters at party's head office at Nawai-Subha here. In Oct 2015, Justice Masoodi had ruled that Article 370, granting special status to the state, is permanent. "Article 370 though titled as 'Temporary Provision' and included in Para XXI titled 'Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions' has assumed place of permanence in the Constitution," a division bench of justices Hasnain Masoodi and Janak Raj Kotwal had ruled. "It is beyond amendment, repeal or abrogation, in as much as Constituent Assembly of the State before its dissolution did not recommend its Amendment or repeal," the bench had added. Also, the NC parliamentary board had on Monday decided to field party president Farooq Abdullah from the Srinagar-Budgam constituency and senior leader and former Speaker of the state assembly Muhammad Akbar Lone from the Baramulla-Kupwara Lok Sabha constituency. The NC has not yet announced the candidates for the remaining three seats -- two in the Jammu region and one in the Ladakh region of the state. The party is in talks with the Congress for an alliance and has left the decision on it to its president. "The parliamentary board of the party has authorised Abdullah to take a final decision on the alliance," the NC general secretary Anticorruption that Supreme Court, in Lalita Kumari versus Government of U. P. and Others, has clearly defined the ambit and scope of preliminary verification/enquiry holding inter aha that such enquiry although not impermissible in corruption cases yet it has to be conducted in time bound manner that has to be concluded within a week's time. The scope of such inquiry/verification is not to verify the veracity or otherwise of the information received but only to ascertain whether the information reveals any cognizable offence. It was further observed that a police officer cannot avoid his duty of registering offence if cognizable offence is disclosed and action must be taken against erring officers who do not register the FIR if information received by him discloses a cognizable offence. It was a simple matter of the sort, a wakeup call by a group of individuals seeking action to save a seasonal nallah from the onslaught of encroachments. However, the manner in which instant case has been handled from the very beginning would only go in long way in discouraging the likeminded persons from taking recourse to legal process. It is only because, of ineptness of these agencies to act in time that encroaches and their mentors within and outside the system are masquerading and plundering the natural resources of the state like Khads, nallahs, ponds and even the perennial Rivers like Tawi with impunity which have reached at the stage of near extinction or being narrowed down to dangerous proportions. Interestingly, these encroachments are further being protected at state's expense by raising concrete bunds/protection walls in the name of development and beautification of embankments at the cost of tax payers' money. Court further observed that in the circumstances and as per the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Priyanka Srivastava versus State of U. P. it is a fit case for intervention of this court by invoking its jurisdiction under section 156(3) CrPC. In that view of the matter, directions are issued to the Anti corruption Bureau Jammu under the provision supra for the registration of an FIR in the case and to conducted investigations without further wastage of time. Directions of need to be given to the Settlement Officer concerned for the reconstruction the Masavi of the Land particularly under survey number 887 and also to furnish the complete details of the sellers and purchasers thereof from the very beginning till date within a fortnight's time and all other survey numbers at the earliest. It is made clear that further release of the salaries of officer and his assisting official/ shall remain subject to the compliance of these directions which shall be supervised by Dy. Commissioner Jammu. JNF Kashmir a moment for his own safety and pounced upon the militants for safeguarding the life of his father and other family members, it read. The militants also resorted to indiscriminate firing, resulting in severe injury to Sheikh's father. He later succumbed. However, Sheikh did not lose courage and continued to engage in scuffle with one of the militants, who resorted to indiscriminate firing resulting in severe injuries to the militant as well. On seeing one of their associates injured, the militants tried to flee. However, Sheikh chased them and they left the body of their fellow militant behind. "Irfan Ramzan Sheikh exhibited the extraordinary show of bravery and maturity in such a small age," the citation read. Currently, studying in Class X, Sheikh aspires to become an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. India JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 20, 2019 he said while addressing Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on the paramilitary force's 80th raising day celebrations at its group centre here. Doval began his 16-minute speech by paying tributes to the 40 personnel who were killed when a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist blew up his explosives-laden vehicle alongside their bus, which was part of a convoy going from Jammu to Srinagar. The country has not forgotten and will not forget the terror attack, Doval said, referring to the Pulwama incident. The NSA reiterated that the leadership of the country is fully capable to deal with any act of terror and also against those who abet it. Doval, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is believed to be the person behind the planning of the air strike on a JeM camp in Balakot in Pakistan. The strike was carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in retaliation to the Pulwama terror incident, which was one of the worst attack on security personnel in Kashmir in three decades. The Pulwama attack was a "very sad incident", Doval said, adding that the country will always be indebted to these personnel and their families. He asked CRPF personnel to "not look back" as they have a golden future ahead. "If your morale is high, then the country's future is safe," the retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), World history is replete with examples when weak internal security mechanisms led to loss of independence, constitutional crises and collapse of governments, he Doval said after World War II, out of the 37 nations that faced such crisis, 28 suffered it because of internal security problems. Therefore, the CRPF, as the lead internal security force of the country has an important role and onerous responsibility in ensuring peace, and law and order, he Doval praised the force for its quick response in moving from one conflict or combat theatre to the another in a short time and for being a very "credible" force for the Indian government when it comes to ensuring law and order anywhere in the country. He said anywhere in the country if there is a internal security challenge, "you will find CRPF's tackling it" The CRPF, with about 3 lakh personnel, has 246 operational battalions, and was raised in 1939 as the Crown Representatives Police during British rule. It was renamed as the CRPF in 1949.It was granted the President's colour this day in 1950 by the first home minister of the country, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.It is the highest honour bestowed on a force in recognition of exceptional service rendered by it to the nation, both during war and peace. This is the second time that Doval attended as chief guest a martial event conducted by any of the Central Armed Police Forces since he was appointed the NSA by the Modi government in Doval had reviewed an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) parade in 2015 when the force guarding the China border marked its 54th years of raising. During the event, the NSA also decorated CRPF jawans and officers with gallantry medals that were announced on the occasion of the Republic Day this year. 2 cattle they A case has been registered against the duo under relevant sections and further investigation is underway, they J-K information officer in Kupwara district. Bashir Ahmad, posted in north Kashmir's Kupwara, was Tuesday suspended by the district's Deputy Commissioner, officials The employees are demanding revocation of Ahmad's suspension order, they Court Rehman S/o Mohd Yousaf R/o Trarkhal, Tehsil and District Palendri, PoK. According to the police case that on at about 3 am a team of Delhi Police and Special Branch of J&K police cordoned the house of one Abdul Rehman S/o Mohd Asgar at Ramzanpura, Janipur Jammu in order to effect arrest of a militant namely Saifullah Kari, who was involved in FIR No: 122/2005 of Police Station Special Cell, Delhi. However the militant, who was accompanied with another militant, while opening fire from an automatic weapon from inside the house attempted to flee from back side of the house. The police party returned the fire. In the result the militant Saifullah Kari died on spot and the other accused No:1 sustained injuries. SI Davinder Sharma of Delhi police also sustained injuries due to firing by the militants. The incident led to registration of offences under sections 7/25 A.Act, 121-A, 120-B and 307 RPC and 4/5 E.S.Act, as FIR No: 103/2007 with Police Station Janipur. Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Vinod Chatterji Koul after hearing Public Prosecutor Rakesh Badyal for the State observed that the accused Zaffer Iqbal was apprehended on Therefore, having regard to the circumstances of the case, he is sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of 10(Ten) years and shall also be liable to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand only) for offence under section 307 RPC and in case of his default to pay the fine, he shall further undergo imprisonment for a period of three months. He is also sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of 06(six) months and shall also be liable to pay a fine of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only) for offence under section 120-B RPC and in case of his default to pay the fine, he shall further undergo imprisonment for a period of one month. JNF Northern was accompanied by Lt Gen YK Joshi, General Officer Commanding, Fire & Fury Corps. Lt Gen Ranbir Singh interacted with troops deployed at the forwards posts and complimented them for their high morale. He appreciated the tenacity and high standard of professionalism displayed by all ranks of Siachen Warriors Brigade, despite the extreme challenges posed by the highest battlefield in the world. He urged them to continue to uphold the highest standards of professionalism of the Indian Army. Lt Gen Ranbir Singh also paid his homage to the martyrs of Operation MEGHDOOT at the Siachen War Memorial. Undertrial Tuesday, an official Ishafaq Ahmad Rah gave cops the slip while he was being presented before the court at Monminabad, a police spokesman A resident of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, Rah has at least two cases registered against him, he "A case has been registered in connection with the escape of the undertrial and searches are underway to track down the accused," the spokesman

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"Governor Mridula Sinha has convened a special session of the Assembly at am for holding the floor test," an official The BJP-led government in the coastal state claims support of 21 MLAs - 12 from the BJP, three each of allies Goa Forward Party (GFP) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and three Independents. The strength of the 40-member House has been reduced to 36 due to the death of chief minister Manohar Parrikar, BJP MLA Francis D'Souza and resignations of two Congress MLAs Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte. The Congress is the single largest party in the state with 14 MLAs. There is also an NCP legislator in the House. Three arms smugglers held in Jaipur Three suspected arms smugglers were arrested here Tuesday with two pistols, four magazines and 11 live cartridges, police A special team was constituted after a firing incident that occurred in the city a few days ago. Three arms smugglers were arrested involved in the crime, DCP, Jaipur (East) Rahul Jain The arrested accused were identified as Mohammad Farman (24) of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, Vijay Shakya (24) of Morena in Madhya Pradesh and Mohammad Sadiq (22) of Sanganer area here. The DCP said the accused lived at a rented accommodation in Sanganer police station area and used to do textile printing works. Further investigation into the involvement of others in arms smuggling is on, he added. points to and from India remain closed," a senior Pakistan official told AFP on the condition of anonymity, saying the decision to keep portions of the country's airspace closed was reviewed daily by authorities. The closure of large swathes of the eastern airspace effectively shuts off major international flight routes in and out of Islamabad and Lahore along with select domestic routes. "At least seven domestic and four international destinations are suspended," Pakistan International Airlines spokesman Mashud Ninety per cent of the market here runs on Chinese goods. How will it function if we call for a boycott?, says a local shopkeeper in New Delhi s Sadar Bazar, popular for items manufactured in the neighbouring country.even as the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) gave a call to burn and boycott Chinese goods across 1,500 places on Tuesday, local markets registered minimal participation as shopkeepers and hawkers continued to sell Chinese pichkaris (water guns) among other items ahead of Holi. Despite a demonstration by the union, locals refused to put on hold the sale of Chinese products, citing the Centre must stop importing items from Beijing. We are selling Chinese goods. They were stocked up earlier. If India is importing items from China, we have no choice but to sell them. We will continue to sell them as per demand, says Vikas, a worker at a local shop.several other shopkeepers also disagreed Tajwar The national carrier's operations to India, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur have all been suspended for nearly a month causing heavy losses to the already struggling airline. "We can't give an offhand estimates of the losses but yes the losses have been occurring for sure," Tajwar told AFP. Aviation experts said the ongoing restrictions have also affected Indian flights headed west over Pakistan. "Indian airlines are suffering much more compared to Pakistan because their westward operations are much bigger," said Sajid Habib, a Don't want to be CM, don;t think about it: Pankaja Munde I don't want to be chief minister and nor do I think about it, Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde said Tuesday. She was speaking at the "Rashtra Maharashtra" event organised by the BBC Marathi News Service here. "I have said it many times. I don't aspire to be chief minister and don't even think about it," Munde She also refuted allegations that she did not get along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, claiming that the latter never interfered in her work. "I really enjoy working with him. There is no place for miscommunication between us," she Queried on being dogged by controversies often, she said, "You know what happened during the (mythological) ocean churning when gods and demons were engaged in a duel to obtain amrit? It resulted in the spilling of poison. There were many takers for amrit, none for poison. In my party and the government, the poison came in my share," she "But let me also tell you, I am the most preferred and sought after BJP leader to deliver speeches," she added. In reply to another query, she said she had added the "chowkidar" tag to her Twitter profile but dropped it after being trolled, though she went on to add that trolls didn't perturb her as she spent very little time on social media platforms. She said she supported the demand for Dhangar quota, but quickly added that this was her personal opinion. She also brushed aside a query that she was a product of dynastic politics. "Since people are accepting it, there is nothing wrong," she claimed. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Tuesday accused Sharad Pawar of creating confusion over Balakot air strike issue, two days after the NCP chief said he had asked the government to give a free hand to armed forces to destroy terror camps post-pulwama attack. Pawar himself is in a confused state. He is trying to create confusion over the air strike issue, as he does not want to give credit (of the air with the idea of banning Chinese goods in India. On the condition of anonymity, one of them said Chinese toys and several items formed a major constituent of the market, especially during festivals. Their removal will surely hamper our business, he Everyone is selling Chinese goods. How can we simply stop their sale? former chief of state-run Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Information from online flight tracker flightradar24 showed no flights along the border between the two countries. The crisis between the countries was first sparked by a suicide bombing in Kashmir last month that killed 40 Indian security personnel and was later claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaishe-Mohammad. Days later India responded with a cross-border air raid on Pakistan that kicked off a quick succession of attacks and dogfights between the arch-rivals. AFP CM Fadnavis takes dig at Sharad Pawar over his remarks on post-pulwama action Members of the CRPF women bike rider contingent pay tribute to the martyrs during the 80th raising day of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Gurugram. operation) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Fadnavis Addressing NCP workers in Pune district Sunday, Pawar had said that by virtue of being a former defence minister he had suggested the government to give all powers to armed forces to destroy terror camps, in an allparty meeting held in Delhi on February 15. Pawar had also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of politicising the Pulwama terror attack.speaking to reporters after inaugurating the media centre at the BJP state headquarters here, Fadnavis said Pawar himself is in a confused state. He also said that though Pawar is a mature person, some people in his party are immature. We need not have to listen to others, said the CM. Indian Air Force (IAF) had conducted air strikes on a terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan on February 26, thirteen days after 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a suicide bomber attack in Jammu and Kashmir s Pulwama. Boycott call for Chinese goods: How do we stop their sale, 90 pc market runs on them, say traders Everyone prefers to buy them in view of their low cost, another local A group of representatives from the association set ablaze several Chinese goods to protest against Beijing s technical hold on the proposal to list Jaish-e- Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist for the fourth time. Several items were burnt at the market s main chowk as a sign of disapproval over the neighbouring country s actions. The way China is supporting Pakistan and have blocked attempts to list Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, we cannot continue using Chinese goods. We will not tolerate anyone playing with the country s security, says Vipin Ahuja, President of CAIT, Delhi. The traders will Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he would not celebrate Holi this year in the wake of the Pulwama terrorist attack, in which a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber killed 40 CRPF personnel, ANI reported. The Home Ministry is the controlling authority of the CRPF. It may be recalled that in 2017 too Singh had desisted from celebrating the festival of colours following a Maoist attack in Sukma that claimed the lives of 12 CRPF jawans. The incident had occurred near Kottacheru village A war of words ensued on Tuesday between BJP and the Congress-JD(S) combine after the saffron party alleged that some techies were arrested in Bengaluru for raising pro-modi slogans outside the venue of an event attended by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. Lashing out at Gandhi, whom he addressed as Yuvraj, BJP president Amit Shah asked him to stop intimidating youth of India, which has rejected your brand of politics.the incident boycott the goods of countries standing against the national security of India, CAIT General Secretary Praveen Khandelwal said in a press release. The association also demanded the government impose restrictions on trade with China. In order to minimise imports from China, the government should immediately impose a custom duty ranging from 300 per cent to 500 per cent. On the other hand, a strict investigation should be conducted at India ports on each import from China as goods from the neighbouring country are highly undervalued, CAIT said in a statement. Last year, items worth million dollars were imported to India from the neighbouring country. under Bhejji police station, around 450 km away from Raipur, when 112 personnel of CRPF s 219th battalion were out for a road opening operation. Days after the Pulwama took place on Monday outside the Manyata Tech Park where Gandhi was addressing entrepreneurs. Raising pro-modi slogans, a large number of protesters gathered outside the venue, showing placards demanding that Gandhi leave the venue. However, it could not be ascertained if they JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, MARCH, 20, 2019 Rajnath Singh says won t celebrate Holi in memory of Pulwama attack martyrs attack, the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted air strikes deep into Pakistan in Balakot, bombing terror camps being run by Jaish. In retaliation, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Stop intimidating youth: Amit Shah to Rahul Gandhi over arrest of techies raising pro-modi slogans After much deliberations, Congress in Kerala has finally decided to field K Muraleedharan, a three time MP, from Vatakara parliamentary constituency. The state unit has approved four names and the AICC is expected to release the list shortly. A member of the Kerala assembly, Muraleedharan, son of veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister, late K Karunakaran, was busy campaigining for Shashi Tharoor here, when he was informed about his candidature. Former Kannur district secretary of CPI(M) and marxist strongman P Jayarajan is were techies as claimed by the BJP. As the protests intensified, police removed the agitators. In a video that has gone viral on social media, policemen are seen chasing the protesters, who were chanting Modi, Modi, Modi. The BJP state unit alleged that several protesters, whom the party referred to as techies, were taken into custody. Hugs for Tukde Tukde gang and arrest of peaceful youth raising pro-modi slogans? Where are the champions of Free Speech? Yuvraj (prince) of Congress must know aircrafts crossed into Indian air space launching missiles which nearly missed Indian military installations.in the ensuing aerial combat in Jammu and Kashmir, an IAF MiG- 21 Bison aircraft piloted by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was shot down by PAF while he was trying to intercept the intruding aircraft. Although he shot down one F-16 of the PAF, he fell across the LoC. Having been ejected inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Abhinandan was then captured by the Pakistan Army and handed over to India on March 1. Jet pilots threaten to stop flying from Apr 1, set Mar 31 deadline on bailout, salaries The umbrella body of the domestic pilots of the nearly crippled Jet Airways Tuesday threatened to stop flying from April 1, if the resolution plan is delayed and salary dues are not cleared by the end of this month. The decision was taken at the annual meeting of Jet Airways domestic pilots body National Aviators Guild after a meeting here lasting for over 90 minutes. The guild, which came into being almost a decade ago, represents around 1,000 domestic pilots at the airline. "If there is no proper clarity on the resolution process and salary payments, by March 31, we will stop flying from April 1," the guild The pilots and other senior staff have not RPT not been getting their full salaries since December. Having failed to get any assurance from the management on salaries, the guild last week had written to Union labor minister Santosh Gangwar, seeking his intervention. Meanwhile, aviation minister Suresh Prabhu Tuesday also directed his the secretary to hold an emergency meeting on the debt-ridden airline that has been cancelling flights abruptly following grounding of a large part of its fleet. the LDF candidate from the constituency. After sitting MP, Mullapally Ramachandran, who is the KPCC president, declined to contest, saying his hands were full, Congress listed out several names, but they were reportedly not agreeable to the high command. As an appropriate candidate eluded the party, Ramachandran was asked by the high command to contest, which he politely declined once again. Ramachandran said "He (Muraleedharan) is the best candidate for Vatakara seat. We have full confidence in him. It's going to be an easy win for the party,". Meanwhile, Muraleedharan, who is expected to reach the constituency by tomorrow, that time follows the course taken by youngsters. Stop intimidating youth of India, which has rejected your brand of politics, Shah tweeted.hitting back at the BJP chief, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said Shah should instruct his supporters to behave properly in public. I advise Amit Shah to instruct his supporters to behave properly in public. It is their responsibility. Do they have any decency when some other party s programme is going on? They should have decency, he told reporters. K Muraleedharan to lock horns with Jayarajan in Vatakara said the fight was between the ideologies and not between persons. "This is going to be a fight between ideologies. The party leadership has asked me to fight the polls there.we are against the violent politics of CPI(M)," he told reporters. Muraleedharan,also a former KPCC President, has served as electricity minister and represented Kozhikode constituency in Lok Sabha thrice-- in 1989, 1991 and This is his second term as an MLA from Vattiyoorkavu Legislative constituency. Jayarajan is known for his strong grassroots level connection with CPI(M) workers. He had represented Koothuparamba Legislative constituency in 2001 and 2006.

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